What does the hourly T2 from wrfout represent?

[kunx]

Hi,
I have a doubt about what the RAINC from wrfout_d01_2018-08-02_01:00:00 represent.

Does it represents the average RAINC from 2018-08-02_00:00:00 to 2018-08-02_01:00:00? Or the average RAINC from 2018-08-02_01:00:00 to 2018-08-02_02:00:00 ?

Thanks for your kind help.
Best regards,

 

[Ming Chen]

RAINC is accumulated convective precipitation. By 'accumulated' it means that RAINC is the total convective precipitation from the initial time to the end time of the model integration. For example, if your simulation is over the period 2018-08-02_00:00:00 ~ 2018-08-03_00:00:00, RAINC is the total convective precipitation over the 24-hr period of the integration.

 

[kunx]

RAINC is accumulated convective precipitation. By 'accumulated' it means that RAINC is the total convective precipitation from the initial time to the end time of the model integration. For example, if your simulation is over the period 2018-08-02_00:00:00 ~ 2018-08-03_00:00:00, RAINC is the total convective precipitation over the 24-hr period of the integration.

Hi,
Thanks very much.
If I want to get the hourly precipitation at 01:00:00, then I can use the the wrfout*01:00:00 minus wrfout*00:00:00，right ？

How about the T2 at 01:00:00, does it represent the average temperature from 00:00:00 to 01:00:00 ？
Best regards,

 

[Ming Chen]

You are right about the hourly precipitation calculation.

T2 is an instantaneous variable, not averaged over a specific time period.