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  • Getting Started With Meteomatics Weather API
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Derived Weather Parameters

This is an overview of all derived weather parameters and convenience Parameters. Each parameter is explained in more detail when you follow the link to the subpages.

  • General Weather State: Weather Symbol | Weather Code | Weather Text | Visibility | Runway Visual Range | Dew or Rime | Fog | Icing Potential | Slippery Road | Planetary Boundary Layer Height | Snow Line | Freezing Level | Stratospheric Polar Vortex | Power Line Oscillation Warning | Soaring Index | Leisure Indices | Cold Index | Probability for Snow Cover | Windshield Icing
  • Temperature related Parameters: Windchill | Apparent Temperature | Heat Index | Humidex | Wet-bulb Temperature | Equivalent Potential Temperature | Lake Temperatures | Mean temperature of last 10 years
  • Wind Phenomena: Bise Index | Foehn Index | Moehlin Jet Index | Santa Ana Wind Index
  • Global Circulation Patterns: North Atlantic Oscillation Index | Southern Oscillation Index
  • Forest Fire Risk Indices: Forest Fire Index | Fosberg Fire Weather Index | Drought Index
  • Weather Warnings: Frost Warning | Heavy Rain Warning | Incessant Rain Warning | Snow Warning | Wind Warning | Thunderstorm Warning
  • Soil Parameters: Soil Moisture Index (SMI) | Soil Moisture Deficit (SMD) | Soil Water Content | Soil Type
  • Atmospheric Turbulence: Richardson Number | Turbulence CAPE Index
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