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Significant Weather Mean Sea Level Pressure (mbar) Temperature (°F) Gusts, 1h/3h (mph) Precipitation, 1h (in) Precipitation, 24h (in) Accumulated total precipitation (in) Snow depth (in) Max. reflectivity (dBZ) Satellite IR simulation (°C) Synoptic composite Luftdruck (mbar) und Geopotentielle Höhe, 500mbar (m) 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) Pressure change 3h (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

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 Luftdruck (mbar) und Geopotentielle Höhe, 500mbar (m)

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

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

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