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Tprcp vs. Cprcp

Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:19 am
by BigB0882
Can someone explain the difference between the Tprcp column and the Cprcp column at this link:

http://68.226.77.253/text/1DegGFS/GFS_Kbtr.txt

I have always looked at the Tprcp as what the GFS is predicting for us to get in terms of QPF but I don't usually see anything in the Cprcp column, however I do see a bit on here and don't know what to make of it. Why does it sometimes have amounts in both but other times only in the T and never in the C? I don't think I've ever seen amounts in the C but not the T.

Thanks.

Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2011 11:40 am
by thetruesms
Tprcp is total precipitation, Cprcp is convective precipitation