Some ECMWF parameters are described as being valid at the specified time. Sometimes they are referred to as "instantaneous" parameters, and may even have "instantaneous" in their name. Parameters such as these have a designated validity time eg 12:00 UTC. However, they are not really instantaneous because they represent an average over the model time step.
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