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Significant Weather Mean Sea Level Pressure (mbar) Temperature (°F) Gusts, 1h/3h (mph) Precipitation, 1h (in) Precipitation, 6h (in) Precipitation, 24h (in) Accumulated total precipitation (in) Snow depth (in) Max. reflectivity (dBZ) Satellite IR simulation (°C) Synoptic composite Temperature, 850mbar (°C) Theta-E and Geopot, 850mbar (°C) Geopotential height, 500mbar (m)

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Weather, pressure

Significant Weather Mean Sea Level Pressure (mbar)

Temperature and humidity

Temperature (°F) Temperature (Grid) (°F) Temperature (color blindness) (°F) Anomaly temperature (°F) Max. temperature, 6h (°F) Min. temperature, 6h (°F) Relative humidity (%) Dew point (°F)

Soil moisture, 0-60cm (%)

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/3h (mph) Mean wind speed (mph) with stream lines

Clouds, sunshine, short wave radiation

Sunshine duration, 1h (min) Cloud coverage (%) Low clouds, coverage (%) Middle clouds, coverage (%) High clouds, coverage (%)

Precipitation: rain, snow, hail

Precipitation, 1h (in) Precipitation, 6h (in) Precipitation, 24h (in) Accumulated total precipitation (in) Snow depth (in)

Severe Weather Parameters

Max. reflectivity (dBZ) Supercell Composite Parameter Storm relative helicity 0-2 mi (m²/s²) 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) Surface based CIN (J/kg) Lifted Index (surface) Lifted Index, 850mbar (K) Theta-E 850mbar (°C), Wind und LI Entire Atmosphere Precipitable Water (in) Total column condensed water (kg/m²) SHIP-Index, poss. hail size>2in (Index) K-Index KO-Index Galvez-Davison-Index Soaring Index

Simulated satellite images

Satellite IR simulation (°C) Simulated VIS satellite image

Urban pollution

Total Ozone content (column, Dobson units)

Composite charts

Synoptic composite Thunderstorm composite

Flight meteorology

Planetary Boundary Height (m AGL)

Oceans and lakes

Ice coverage (Sea and lakes) (%)

Pressure level - 925mbar / ~2,300 ft

Temperature, 925mbar (°C) Wind speed and streamlines, 925mbar (kph) Relative Humidity, 925mbar (%) Geopotential height, 925mbar (m) Relative Vorticity, 925mbar (10^-5/s)

Pressure level - 850mbar / ~5,000 ft

Temperature, 850mbar (°C) Wind speed and streamlines, 850mbar (kph) Relative Humidity, 850mbar (%) Geopotential height, 850mbar (m) Relative Vorticity, 850mbar (10^-5/s) Theta-E and Geopot, 850mbar (°C)

Pressure level - 700mbar / ~10,000 ft

Temperature, 700mbar (°C) Wind speed and streamlines, 700mbar (kph) Relative Humidity, 700mbar (%) Geopotential height, 700mbar (m) Relative Vorticity, 700mbar (10^-5/s)

Pressure level - 500mbar / ~18,000 ft

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

Pressure level - 300mbar / ~30,000 ft

Temperature, 300mbar (°C) Wind speed and streamlines, 300mbar (kph) Relative Humidity, 300mbar (%) Geopotential height, 300mbar (m) Relative Vorticity, 300mbar (10^-5/s)

Tropopause height (m) 2PVU Tropopause height, N.Hemisphere (m) 2PVU Tropopause height, S.Hemisphere (m) Tropopause wind speed (kph)

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12/09/2023 (Sat)

12/14/2023 (Thu)

12:00am 01:00am 02:00am 03:00am 04:00am 05:00am 06:00am 07:00am 08:00am 09:00am 10:00am 11:00am 12:00pm 01:00pm 02:00pm 03:00pm 04:00pm 05:00pm 06:00pm 09:00pm

12/15/2023 (Fri)

12:00am 03:00am 06:00am 09:00am 12:00pm 03:00pm 06:00pm 09:00pm

12/16/2023 (Sat)

12:00am 03:00am 06:00am 09:00am 12:00pm 03:00pm 06:00pm 09:00pm

12/17/2023 (Sun)

12:00am 03:00am 06:00am 09:00am 12:00pm 03:00pm 06:00pm 09:00pm

12/18/2023 (Mon)

12:00am 03:00am 06:00am 09:00am 12:00pm 03:00pm 06:00pm 09:00pm

12/19/2023 (Tue)

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12/20/2023 (Wed)

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12/21/2023 (Thu)

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12/22/2023 (Fri)

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12/23/2023 (Sat)

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12/24/2023 (Sun)

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12/25/2023 (Mon)

12:00am 06:00am 12:00pm

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GFS

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Sat 12/09/2023, 11:00pm CST

USA

GFS (15 days) from 12/10/2023/00z

Lifted Index (surface)

Update times: ca. 9:30pm-11:00pm, 3:30am-5:00am, 9:30am-11:00am and 3:30pm-5:00pm

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