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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 | 21.1 | 21.5 | 0007 | 21.0 | 0017 | ||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 19.1 | ||||||||||
| Dew point bulb temp.: ºC | 17.9 | ||||||||||
| Vapour pressure: hPa | 20.4 | ||||||||||
| Note: The wet bulb, dew point and vapour pressure above are computed from air temperature and relative humidity | |||||||||||
| Relative humidity: % | 82 | 82 | 0020 | 80 | 0001 | ||||||
| Temperature change in 1 hour: degC | -1.0 | ||||||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 19.3 | 19.4 | 0005 | 19.2 | 0010 | ||||||
| Note: The above wet bulb temperature is measured using a probe and wick | |||||||||||
| Surface temperatures (ºC) | |||||||||||
| Grass temperature | 19.6 | 20.0 | 0004 | 18.4 | 0013 | ||||||
| Concrete temperature | 24.6 | 24.7 | 0001 | 24.5 | 0010 | ||||||
| Bare soil temperature | 20.3 | 20.3 | 0020 | 19.7 | 0012 | ||||||
| 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: | 23.5 | 23.6 | 0001 | 23.5 | 0005 | ||||||
| 10 cm soil temperature: | 22.9 | 23.0 | 0001 | 22.9 | 0020 | ||||||
| 20 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 30 cm soil temperature: | 20.8 | 20.8 | 0002 | 20.8 | 0001 | ||||||
| 50 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 100 cm soil temperature: | 16.6 | 16.6 | 0002 | 16.6 | 0004 | ||||||
| Lowest cloud base (ceilometer measurement) | |||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: metres | n/a | ||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: feet | n/a | ||||||||||
| Visibility and present weather (BIRAL SWS-250) | |||||||||||
| Visibility: metres | n/a | ||||||||||
| Present weather | n/a | ||||||||||
| Sunshine and irradiance | |||||||||||
| Sunshine in past 5 minutes: min | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Sunshine since 0000 UTC: h | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Total global solar irradiance: W/m2 | -1 | -2 | 0002 | ||||||||
| Global solar irrad. since 0000 UTC: MJ/m2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Direct beam solar irradiance: W/m2 | -2 | 0 | 0010 | ||||||||
| Diffuse solar irradiance: W/m2 | -2 | -1 | 0004 | ||||||||
| Net irradiance: W/m2 | -4 | 2 | 0016 | -25 | 0004 | ||||||
| Ground heat flux density: W/m2 | -8 | -7 | 0000 | -8 | 0002 | ||||||
| Shortwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | -2 | 0 | 0004 | -2 | 0017 | ||||||
| Shortwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | -2 | -2 | 0003 | -4 | 0011 | ||||||
| Longwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 406 | 407 | 0005 | 405 | 0007 | ||||||
| Longwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 397 | 402 | 0016 | 379 | 0009 | ||||||
| Pressure | |||||||||||
| Mean sea level pressure: hPa | 1014.6 | 1014.7 | 0001 | 1014.6 | 0005 | ||||||
| Pressure change in 1 hour: hPa | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Pressure change in 3 hours: hPa | +0.2 | ||||||||||
| Wind | |||||||||||
| 10-metre wind direction: | 273 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre wind speed: m/s | 0.7 | ||||||||||
| Note: Wind speed and direction are 10-minute vector mean values | |||||||||||
| 10-metre maximum 3-sec wind gust: m/s | 1.3 | 1.3 | |||||||||
| 2-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 0.2 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 0.4 | ||||||||||
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