Picto-cast is available by date, by daytime and by 12- to 1-hourly period. For display of hourly intervals, meteoblue also uses meteograms.

Date overviews show the entire forecast period in a summary.

Detail overviews show the 6- 3- or 1-hourly development for the preceeding interval over part of or the entire forecast period.

Most parameters (wind speed and direction, precipitation and rainSPOT , sunshine, UV-Index, cloud cover etc.) are shown as sum or average of the preceeding time interval. Only selected parameters (temperature, relative humidity) are shown for the exact time (hour) indicated.

The weather conditions is shown by pictograms. Temperatures are shown as max/min, and underlayed by colours to facilitate recognition. The windspeed is given in km/h. If no definition is shown, it represents the maximum windspeed expected. Wind direction may be represented by text (N, S, E, W) or arrows (pointing in the direction to - not from- which the wind blows). The SPOT diagram shows the intensity of weather events in the surrounding area - rainSPOT shows the precipitation distribution.

Forecast provided are:
Temperature: °C at 2 m above ground at the time (hour) indicated.
Precipitation: distribution and probability for the preceeding time interval (from previous time (hour) to indicated time (hour).
Wind speed: km/h at 10 m above ground at the time (hour) indicated.
Wind direction: as symbols for azimuth degrees (0-360°) 10 m above ground at the time (hour) indicated.
In the week overview there is the wind maximum, in the detailed overview the average wind speed is shown at a given time.