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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 | 12.5 | 18.4 | 1243 | 11.2 | 0253 | ||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 11.8 | ||||||||||
| Dew point bulb temp.: ºC | 11.2 | ||||||||||
| Vapour pressure: hPa | 13.3 | ||||||||||
| Note: The wet bulb, dew point and vapour pressure above are computed from air temperature and relative humidity | |||||||||||
| Relative humidity: % | 92 | 96 | 0240 | 58 | 1244 | ||||||
| Temperature change in 1 hour: degC | -0.9 | ||||||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 11.9 | 14.5 | 1117 | 10.9 | 0544 | ||||||
| Note: The above wet bulb temperature is measured using a probe and wick | |||||||||||
| Surface temperatures (ºC) | |||||||||||
| Grass temperature | 9.5 | 35.6 | 1118 | 5.2 | 0556 | ||||||
| Concrete temperature | 12.9 | 27.7 | 1325 | 8.9 | 0544 | ||||||
| Bare soil temperature | 11.4 | 25.4 | 1243 | 8.5 | 0544 | ||||||
| Precipitation (mm) | |||||||||||
| Rainfall in past 5 minutes: | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Rainfall in past hour: | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Rainfall in past 3 hours: | 3.0 | ||||||||||
| Rainfall in past 6 hours: | 3.0 | ||||||||||
| Rainfall since 0000 UTC: | 3.0 | ||||||||||
| Soil temperatures under grass (ºC) | |||||||||||
| 5 cm soil temperature: | 14.9 | 15.1 | 1438 | 13.3 | 0708 | ||||||
| 10 cm soil temperature: | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1629 | 13.4 | 0835 | ||||||
| 20 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 30 cm soil temperature: | 14.2 | 14.2 | 0002 | 13.9 | 0853 | ||||||
| 50 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 100 cm soil temperature: | 14.8 | 14.9 | 0005 | 14.8 | 0043 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| Visibility and present weather (BIRAL SWS-250) | |||||||||||
| Visibility: metres | 1076 | ||||||||||
| Present weather | Slight Rain | ||||||||||
| Sunshine and irradiance | |||||||||||
| Sunshine in past 5 minutes: min | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Sunshine since 0000 UTC: h | 6.5 | ||||||||||
| Total global solar irradiance: W/m2 | -2 | 721 | 1222 | ||||||||
| Global solar irrad. since 0000 UTC: MJ/m2 | 9.51 | ||||||||||
| Direct beam solar irradiance: W/m2 | 0 | n/a | |||||||||
| Diffuse solar irradiance: W/m2 | -2 | n/a | |||||||||
| Net irradiance: W/m2 | -64 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Ground heat flux density: W/m2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 0 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | -6 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 371 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 303 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Pressure | |||||||||||
| Mean sea level pressure: hPa | 1016.9 | 1025.1 | 0001 | 1015.8 | 1558 | ||||||
| Pressure change in 1 hour: hPa | +0.4 | ||||||||||
| Pressure change in 3 hours: hPa | +1.0 | ||||||||||
| Wind | |||||||||||
| 10-metre wind direction: | 250 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre wind speed: m/s | 2.3 | ||||||||||
| Note: Wind speed and direction are 10-minute vector mean values | |||||||||||
| 10-metre maximum 3-sec wind gust: m/s | 4.6 | 12.5 | |||||||||
| 2-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 2.2 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 3.0 | ||||||||||
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