Model:

Arpège(Action de Recherche Petite Echelle Grande Echelle) from Meteo France

Ververst:
4 times per day, from 08:00, 14:00, 20:00, and 00:00 UTC
Greenwich Mean Time:
12:00 UTC = 13:00 MET
Resolutie:
0.1° x 0.1° (Europa)
0.5° x 0.5°
Parameter:
Relatieve Luchtvochtigheid op 925 hPa
Beschrijving:
Deze kaart laat de berekende relatieve luchtvochtigheid zien op 925 hPa. Globaal gezegd stijgt lucht op aan de voorkant van troggen en bij fronten. De opstijgende lucht koelt af. Daarbij neemt de relatieve luchtvochtigheid toe. Op een gegeven moment condenseert er vocht en ontstaat er wolkenvorming. Hoge vochtwaardes op 925 hPa - dat is op ca. 700 m boven zeeniveau - hangen meestal samen met stijgings- en neerslag-actieve gebieden.
Arpège:
Arpège
ARPEGE uses a set of primitive equations with a triangular spectral truncation on the horizontal, with a variable horizontal resolution, with a finite elements representation on the vertical and a “sigma-pressure” hybrid vertical coordinate. It also utilizes a temporal two time level semi-implicit semi-lagrangian scheme. The horizontal resolution of the ARPEGE model is around 7.5km over France and 37km over the Antipodes. It has 105 vertical levels, with the first level at 10m above the surface and an upper level at around 70km. Its time step is of 360 seconds.
NWP:
Numerical weather prediction uses current weather conditions as input into mathematical models of the atmosphere to predict the weather. Although the first efforts to accomplish this were done in the 1920s, it wasn't until the advent of the computer and computer simulation that it was feasible to do in real-time. Manipulating the huge datasets and performing the complex calculations necessary to do this on a resolution fine enough to make the results useful requires the use of some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. A number of forecast models, both global and regional in scale, are run to help create forecasts for nations worldwide. Use of model ensemble forecasts helps to define the forecast uncertainty and extend weather forecasting farther into the future than would otherwise be possible.

Wikipedia, Numerical weather prediction, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_weather_prediction(as of Feb. 9, 2010, 20:50 UTC).