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Significant Weather Clouds and significant weather Mean Sea Level Pressure (hPa) Temperature (°C) Gusts, 1h (kph) Gusts, 6h (kph) Precipitation, 1h (mm) Accumulated total precipitation (mm) Snow depth (cm) Max. reflectivity (dBZ) Base reflectivity (dBZ) Synoptic composite Temperature, 850hPa (°C) Theta-E and Geopot, 850hPa (°C) Geopotential height, 500hPa (m)

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Weather, pressure

Significant Weather Clouds and significant weather Visibility (m) Mean Sea Level Pressure (hPa) Pressure change 3h (hPa)

Temperature and humidity

Temperature (°C) Temperature (Grid) (°C) Temperature (color blindness) (°C) Temperature 2m, flex. scale (°C) Temperature, close to the ground (°C) Max. temperature, 12h (°C) Min. temperature, 12h (°C) Potential temperature (°C) Equivalent potential temperature (°C) Wind chill (°C) Freezing Level (MASL) Relative humidity (%) Dew point (°C) Wet bulb temperature (°C)

Heat flux, moisture flux, evaporation

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

Wind, gusts, direction

Wind direction and mean wind speed (kph) Gusts, 1h (kph) Gusts, 6h (kph) Mean wind speed (kph) with stream lines Mean wind speed, 100m (kph)

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 (mm) Precipitation, 1h (Snow) (mm) Precipitation, 1h (Hail) (mm) Precipitation, 3h (mm) Precipitation, 6h (mm) Precipitation, 6h (Snow) (mm) Accumulated total precipitation (mm) Accumulated total precipitation (Snow) (mm) Accumulated total precipitation (Hail) (mm) Accumulated total precipitation (Ice) (mm) Snow depth (cm) 1h Snow depth change (cm) 6h Snow depth change (cm) Snow depth 0-250m above sea level (cm) Snow depth 250-500m above sea level (cm) Snow depth 500-750m above sea level (cm) Snow depth 750-1000m above sea level (cm) Snow depth 500-1000m above sea level (cm) Snow depth 1000-1500m above sea level (cm) Snow depth 1500-2000m above sea level (cm) Snow depth 2000-2500m above sea level (cm) Snow depth 2500-4000m above sea level (cm) Snow density (kg/m3) Snow water equivalent (mm) Snow line (MASL) 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 (%)

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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 (%)

Urban pollution

Urban Pollution Index

Composite charts

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)

Oceans and lakes

Water temperature (°C)

Pressure level - 850hPa / ~1.500m

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

Pressure level - 700hPa / ~3.000m

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

Pressure level - 500hPa / ~5.500m

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

Pressure level - 300hPa / ~9.000m

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

Model information

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ECMWF 6z/18z ECMWF IFS HRES 0z/12z ECMWF IFS (48r1) ICON GFS UKMO ARPEGE GEM ACCESS-G CMA GDAPS/UM MULTI-GLOBAL JMA GFS 0.125°

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ECMWF IFS HRES 0z/12z ICON GFS UKMO ACCESS-G GFS 0.125°

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Date

06/07/2023 (Wed)

03:00pm 04:00pm 05:00pm 06:00pm 07:00pm 08:00pm 09:00pm 10:00pm 11:00pm

06/08/2023 (Thu)

12:00am 01:00am 02:00am 03:00am 04:00am 05:00am 06:00am

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ECMWF
IFS GFS
0.125 GFS UK IC ACC

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Wed 06/07/2023, 03:00pm SAST

South Africa

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Temperature (°C)

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