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| CURRENT CONDITIONS | EXTREMES and TOTALS since 0000 UTC | ||||||||||
| Maximum | Time | Minimum | Time | Total | |||||||
| UTC | UTC | ||||||||||
| Temperature and humidity | |||||||||||
| Air temperature: ºC | 21.7 | 21.7 | 1300 | 10.4 | 0420 | ||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 15.2 | ||||||||||
| Dew point bulb temp.: ºC | 9.8 | ||||||||||
| Vapour pressure: hPa | 12.1 | ||||||||||
| Note: The wet bulb, dew point and vapour pressure above are computed from air temperature and relative humidity | |||||||||||
| Relative humidity: % | 47 | 97 | 0445 | 43 | 1209 | ||||||
| Temperature change in 1 hour: degC | +0.5 | ||||||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 15.1 | 15.1 | 1041 | 10.2 | 0342 | ||||||
| Note: The above wet bulb temperature is measured using a probe and wick | |||||||||||
| Surface temperatures (ºC) | |||||||||||
| Grass temperature | 50.1 | 52.7 | 1128 | 4.1 | 0328 | ||||||
| Concrete temperature | 41.9 | 43.8 | 1210 | 12.3 | 0355 | ||||||
| Bare soil temperature | 41.0 | 44.8 | 1210 | 9.2 | 0349 | ||||||
| Precipitation (mm) | |||||||||||
| Rainfall in past 5 minutes: | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Rainfall in past hour: | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Rainfall in past 3 hours: | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Rainfall in past 6 hours: | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Rainfall since 0000 UTC: | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Soil temperatures under grass (ºC) | |||||||||||
| 5 cm soil temperature: | 20.3 | 20.3 | 1254 | 18.0 | 0534 | ||||||
| 10 cm soil temperature: | 18.9 | 19.2 | 0001 | 18.0 | 0707 | ||||||
| 20 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 30 cm soil temperature: | 18.0 | 18.6 | 0005 | 18.0 | 1040 | ||||||
| 50 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 100 cm soil temperature: | 16.9 | 17.0 | 0001 | 16.9 | 0755 | ||||||
| Lowest cloud base (ceilometer measurement) | |||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: metres | 1618 | ||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: feet | 5308 | ||||||||||
| Visibility and present weather (BIRAL SWS-250) | |||||||||||
| Visibility: metres | 75000 | ||||||||||
| Present weather | No significant weather | ||||||||||
| Sunshine and irradiance | |||||||||||
| Sunshine in past 5 minutes: min | 5.0 | ||||||||||
| Sunshine since 0000 UTC: h | 5.8 | ||||||||||
| Total global solar irradiance: W/m2 | 1005 | 1175 | 1126 | ||||||||
| Global solar irrad. since 0000 UTC: MJ/m2 | 14.76 | ||||||||||
| Direct beam solar irradiance: W/m2 | 54 | n/a | |||||||||
| Diffuse solar irradiance: W/m2 | 470 | n/a | |||||||||
| Net irradiance: W/m2 | 748 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Ground heat flux density: W/m2 | 79 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 219 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 973 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 444 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 369 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Pressure | |||||||||||
| Mean sea level pressure: hPa | 1014.8 | 1014.9 | 1027 | 1012.8 | 0050 | ||||||
| Pressure change in 1 hour: hPa | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Pressure change in 3 hours: hPa | +0.1 | ||||||||||
| Wind | |||||||||||
| 10-metre wind direction: | 274 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre wind speed: m/s | 1.8 | ||||||||||
| Note: Wind speed and direction are 10-minute vector mean values | |||||||||||
| 10-metre maximum 3-sec wind gust: m/s | 4.1 | 5.8 | |||||||||
| 2-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 1.0 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 1.2 | ||||||||||
Click here for the summary for yesterday from the University of Reading.