Model charts for Central Europe (Heating degree day, empirically)

Europe Swiss HD 4x4

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Significant Weather Clouds and significant weather Mean Sea Level Pressure (mbar) Temperature (°F) Freezing Level (feet MSL) Gusts, 1h (mph) Precipitation, 1h (in) Accumulated total precipitation (in) Snow depth (in) Max. reflectivity (dBZ) Base reflectivity (dBZ) Synoptic composite Temperature, 850mbar (°C) Theta-E and Geopot, 850mbar (°C) Geopotential height, 500mbar (m)

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Weather, pressure

Significant Weather Clouds and significant weather Mean Sea Level Pressure (mbar) Pressure change 3h (mbar)

Temperature and humidity

Temperature (°F) Temperature (Grid) (°F) Temperature (color blindness) (°F) Potential temperature (°C) Equivalent potential temperature (°C) Wind chill (°F) Freezing Level (feet MSL) Relative humidity (%) Dew point (°F) Wet bulb temperature (°F)

Soil moisture

Drought index (phenologic)

Heat flux, moisture flux, evaporation

Sensible heat flux at the surface (Wh/m²) Latent heat flux at the surface (Wh/m²) Accumulated evaporation (mm) Evaporation 24h (mm) Potential Evaporation, 24h (mm) Moisture flux divergence/convrg. (10^-7/s)

Wind, gusts, direction

Wind direction and mean wind speed (mph) Gusts, 1h (mph) Mean wind speed (mph) with stream lines Mean wind speed, 330 ft (mph)

Clouds, sunshine, short wave radiation

Sunshine duration, 1h (min) Sunshine duration, 6h (h) Short wave radiation, last hour (Wh/m²) Cloud coverage (%) Low clouds, coverage (%) Middle clouds, coverage (%) High clouds, coverage (%) LW counter-radiation (W/m²) Radiation budget (W/m²)

Precipitation: rain, snow, hail

Precipitation, 1h (in) Precipitation, 6h (in) Accumulated total precipitation (in) Snow depth (in) 1h Snow depth change (cm) 6h Snow depth change (cm) 24h Snow depth change (cm) Snow density (kg/m3) Snow line (feet MSL) Rooftop snow load, German DIN, Zone 1 (%) Rooftop snow load, German DIN, Zone 1a (%) Rooftop snow load, German DIN, Zone 2 (%) Rooftop snow load, German DIN, Zone 2a (%) Rooftop snow load, German DIN, Zone 3 (%)

Severe Weather Parameters

Simulated satellite images

Satellite IR simulation (°C) Simulated VIS satellite image

Energy parameters

Solar PV Power potential (%) Wind Power potential, offshore (%) Wind Power potential, onshore (%) Heating degree day, VDI (K) Heating degree day, empirically (K)

Urban pollution

Urban Pollution Index

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Synoptic composite Thunderstorm composite

Flight meteorology

Planetary Boundary Height (m AGL) Lifting condensation level (m AGL) Orographic sinking/lifting (dry, m/s) Average PBL lapse rate (K/km) Average PBL wind speed (m/s) Max. PBL vertical velocity (m/s)

Pressure level - 925mbar / ~2,300 ft

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

Pressure level - 850mbar / ~5,000 ft

Temperature, 850mbar (°C) Wind speed and streamlines, 850mbar (kph) Relative Humidity, 850mbar (%) 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 (%) 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 (%) Relative Vorticity, 300mbar (10^-5/s)

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S_4x4 S_EZ4 S_MRF

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Tue 04/23/2024, 01:00pm CDT

Central Europe

Europe Swiss HD 4x4 (3 days) from 04/22/2024/18z

Heating degree day, empirically (K)

Update times: ca. 12:45am-04:15am, 06:45am-10:15am, 12:45pm-04:15pm and 06:45pm-10:15pm

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