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| CURRENT CONDITIONS | EXTREMES and TOTALS since 0000 UTC | ||||||||||
| Maximum | Time | Minimum | Time | Total | |||||||
| UTC | UTC | ||||||||||
| Temperature and humidity | |||||||||||
| Air temperature: °C | 13.3 | 14.0 | 0146 | 13.2 | 0247 | ||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: °C | 13.1 | ||||||||||
| Dew point bulb temp.: °C | 12.9 | ||||||||||
| Vapour pressure: hPa | 14.9 | ||||||||||
| Note: The wet bulb, dew point and vapour pressure above are computed from air temperature and relative humidity | |||||||||||
| Relative humidity: % | 97 | 97 | 0255 | 93 | 0145 | ||||||
| Temperature change in 1 hour: degC | -0.7 | ||||||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: °C | 12.8 | 13.2 | 0205 | 12.7 | 0133 | ||||||
| Note: The above wet bulb temperature is measured using a probe and wick | |||||||||||
| Surface temperatures (°C) | |||||||||||
| Grass temperature | 10.6 | 13.0 | 0204 | 9.4 | 0247 | ||||||
| Concrete temperature | 13.3 | 15.0 | 0001 | 13.3 | 0300 | ||||||
| Bare soil temperature | 12.4 | 13.7 | 0001 | 12.2 | 0247 | ||||||
| Precipitation (mm) | |||||||||||
| Rainfall in past 5 minutes: | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Rainfall in past hour: | 1.4 | ||||||||||
| Rainfall in past 3 hours: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Rainfall in past 6 hours: | 6.4 | ||||||||||
| Rainfall since 0000 UTC: | 1.4 | ||||||||||
| Soil temperatures under grass (°C) | |||||||||||
| 5 cm soil temperature: | 15.0 | 15.4 | 0001 | 15.0 | 0220 | ||||||
| 10 cm soil temperature: | 14.6 | 14.9 | 0001 | 14.6 | 0225 | ||||||
| 20 cm soil temperature: | 14.2 | 14.3 | 0001 | 14.2 | 0144 | ||||||
| 30 cm soil temperature: | 13.7 | 13.7 | 0002 | 13.7 | 0005 | ||||||
| 50 cm soil temperature: | 12.3 | 12.3 | 0115 | 12.2 | 0003 | ||||||
| 100 cm soil temperature: | 10.5 | 10.5 | 0002 | 10.5 | 0004 | ||||||
| Lowest cloud base (ceilometer measurement) | |||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: metres | None detected | ||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: feet | None detected | ||||||||||
| Sunshine and irradiance | |||||||||||
| Sunshine in past 5 minutes: min | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Sunshine since 0000 UTC: h | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Total global solar irradiance: W/m2 | 0 | 1 | 0012 | ||||||||
| Global solar irrad. since 0000 UTC: MJ/m2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Direct beam solar irradiance: W/m2 | 0 | 2 | 0208 | ||||||||
| Diffuse solar irradiance: W/m2 | -1 | 1 | 0154 | ||||||||
| Net irradiance: W/m2 | -54 | -3 | 0206 | -54 | 0250 | ||||||
| Ground heat flux density: W/m2 | -1 | 0 | 0000 | -2 | 0257 | ||||||
| Shortwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 1 | 3 | 0144 | -1 | 0209 | ||||||
| Shortwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | -3 | 0 | 0140 | -3 | 0031 | ||||||
| Longwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 369 | 374 | 0155 | 366 | 0248 | ||||||
| Longwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 333 | 375 | 0201 | 328 | 0246 | ||||||
| Pressure | |||||||||||
| Mean sea level pressure: hPa | 1011.8 | 1014.0 | 0001 | 1011.8 | 0300 | ||||||
| Pressure change in 1 hour: hPa | -1.2 | ||||||||||
| Pressure change in 3 hours: hPa | n/a | ||||||||||
| Wind | |||||||||||
| 10-metre wind direction: | 114 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre wind speed: m/s | 1.7 | ||||||||||
| Note: Wind speed and direction are 10-minute vector mean values | |||||||||||
| 10-metre maximum 3-sec wind gust: m/s | 2.8 | 6.8 | |||||||||
| 2-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 0.9 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 1.6 | ||||||||||
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