Model charts for USA (Low clouds, coverage)

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Significant Weather Mean Sea Level Pressure (mbar) Temperature (°F) Wind direction and mean wind speed (mph) Gusts, 1h (mph) Precipitation, 1h (in) Precipitation, 3h (in) Precipitation, 6h (in) Snow depth (in) Max. reflectivity (dBZ) Satellite IR simulation (°C) Temperature, 850mbar (°C) Temperature, 500mbar (°C) Geopotential height, 500mbar (m) Wind speed and streamlines, 300mbar (kph)

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Weather, pressure

Significant Weather Mean Sea Level Pressure (mbar) Pressure change 1h (mbar) Pressure change 3h (mbar)

Temperature and humidity

Temperature (°F) Temperature (Grid) (°F) Temperature (color blindness) (°F) Potential temperature (°C) Equivalent potential temperature (°C) Relative humidity (%) Dew point (°F)

Heat flux, moisture flux, evaporation

Sensible heat flux at the surface (Wh/m²) Latent heat flux at the surface (Wh/m²)

Wind, gusts, direction

Wind direction and mean wind speed (mph) Gusts, 1h (mph) Mean wind speed (mph) with stream lines

Clouds, sunshine, short wave radiation

Short wave radiation, last hour (Wh/m²) Cloud coverage (%) Low clouds, coverage (%) Middle clouds, coverage (%) High clouds, coverage (%)

Precipitation: rain, snow, hail

Precipitation, 1h (in) Precipitation, 1h (Snow) (in) Precipitation, 3h (in) Precipitation, 3h (Snow) (in) Precipitation, 6h (in) Precipitation, 6h (Snow) (in) Snow depth (in)

Severe Weather Parameters

Max. reflectivity (dBZ) Supercell Composite Parameter Storm relative helicity 0-2 mi (m²/s²) Updraft helicity (m²/s²) and reflectivity Low-Level Shear 0-0.6 mi (kn) Deep Layer Shear 0-4 mi (kn) Mixed-Layer CAPE (J/kg) Surface based CAPE (J/kg) Mixed-Layer CIN (J/kg) Surface based CIN (J/kg) Lifted Index, 850mbar (K) Lightning rate, hourly Total column condensed water (kg/m²) Fire Weather Index

Simulated satellite images

Satellite IR simulation (°C) Sat WV 300mbar simulation (°C)

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Thunderstorm composite

Flight meteorology

Planetary Boundary Height (m AGL)

Pressure level - 850mbar / ~5,000 ft

Temperature, 850mbar (°C) Wind speed and streamlines, 850mbar (kph) Relative Vorticity, 850mbar (10^-5/s)

Pressure level - 500mbar / ~18,000 ft

Temperature, 500mbar (°C) Wind speed and streamlines, 500mbar (kph) Geopotential height, 500mbar (m) Relative Vorticity, 500mbar (10^-5/s)

Pressure level - 300mbar / ~30,000 ft

Wind speed and streamlines, 300mbar (kph) Relative Vorticity, 300mbar (10^-5/s)

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NAM-3km HRRR Swiss HD 4x4 RDPS HRDPS ECMWF 6z/18z ECMWF IFS HRES 0z/12z ECMWF AIFS ICON GFS UKMO ARPEGE GEM ACCESS-G CMA GDAPS/UM MULTI-GLOBAL JMA GFS 0.125°

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NAM-3km HRRR Swiss HD 4x4 ECMWF IFS HRES 0z/12z ICON GFS UKMO ACCESS-G GFS 0.125°

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S_4x4 NAM-C HRRR ECMWF
IFS GFS
0.125 GFS UK IC ACC

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Sat 03/08/2025, 10:00pm CST

USA

HRRR (18 hours) from 03/09/2025/01z

Low clouds, coverage (%)

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