This simulation starts at 12am and assumes that the sun rises at 6am and sets at 6pm. So in the first few seconds you may not see heating. Just wait for a while until the sun shines in. Notice that the moving clouds cause some small random fluctuations in the temperature graph.




Graph Grid Isotherm Heat flux

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