Model charts for 87.6 W, 32.0 N (Updraft helicity)

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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) Max. temperature, 12h (°F) Min. temperature, 12h (°F) Potential temperature (°C) Equivalent potential temperature (°C) Wind chill (°F) Freezing Level (feet MSL) Relative humidity (%) Dew point (°F) Wet bulb temperature (°F) Meteologix Heat Index

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)

Severe Weather Parameters

Max. reflectivity (dBZ) Base reflectivity (dBZ) Echo Tops 18 dBZ (km) Supercell Composite Parameter Storm relative helicity 0-2 mi (m²/s²) Updraft helicity (m²/s²) and reflectivity Max. vertical velocity (Column, m/s) Mid-Level Lapse rate, 3-5.5km (K/km) Low-Level Shear 0-0.6 mi (kn) Deep Layer Shear 0-4 mi (kn) Lapse rate 0-0.6 mi (K/km) CAPE (0-3km) (J/kg) Mixed-Layer CAPE (J/kg) Surface based CAPE (J/kg) Mixed-Layer CIN (J/kg) Surface based CIN (J/kg) Lifted Index, 850mbar (K) Theta-E 850mbar (°C), Wind und LI Energy Helicity Index (EHI) Significant Tornado Parameter Lightning rate, hourly Water vapor saturation, column (%) Total column condensed water (kg/m²) SHIP-Index, poss. hail size>2in (Index) Potential hail size (in) KO-Index Fire Weather Index Fire Weather Index (+) Potential precipitation rate [mm/h] Outflow boundary index Potential cold pool strength [K] Back-building Index Hailsize (simulated) [cm]

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

Composite charts

Synoptic composite Thunderstorm composite Reflectivity composite [dbZ]

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 - 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) 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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