NOTE : Link "Latest" works so far only within FMI (firewall problem).
Panels are numbered from top to bottom.
Panel 1 (CLW, V) :
Blue tones show the amount of cloud condensate in each model layer in
units of kg/(m2). Red arrows show the wind direction and speed on selected model levels. The
speed is obtained by summing the barbs, counting a short barb as 2.5 m/s, a long barb as 5 m/s
and a triangle as 25 m/s. Numbered dashed isolines indicate the air pressure.
Panel 2 (T, TKE) :
Colours indicate air temperature on model surfaces in the lower
troposphere in degrees Celcius. The zero-contour is drawn as a solid grey line. Black solid lines
show the kinetic energy of turbulence in units of J/kg. Numbered dashed isolines indicate the air
pressure.
Panel 3 :
Green and blue columns respectively indicate hourly accumulated amounts of rain
and snowfall, in units of mm as given by the logarithmic axis to the left. The red and dashed
black lines show, respectively, total precipitatation and evapotranspiration accumulated from the
start of the forecast, as given by the logarithmic axis to the right.
Panel 4 (Pblh, V10) :
The red solid line shows the height of the mixed layer in m, as given by
the scale to the left. Blue arrows indicate the wind direction and speed at a height of 10 m above
ground. The speed is obtained by summing the barbs, counting a short barb as 2.5 m/s, a long
barb as 5 m/s and a triangle as 25 m/s.
Panel 5 (T2, T2land, Td2, Ts(i)) :
The orange and blue solid lines, respectively, indicate the
screen level temperature and screen level dew point temperature averaged over all surface tiles.
The dashed orange line, when present, shows the screen level temperature of the land-tiles only.
Other dashed lines (when present) refer to the surface temperature in different tiles: [dark blue,
open water], [ice blue, ice], [grass green, low vegetation], [forest green, forest], and [violet,
bare ground]. Tiles that are absent are omitted. The unit is degrees Celcius.
Updated June 9, 2004
Carl Fortelius