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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 | 9.1 | 9.2 | 0003 | 8.7 | 0410 | ||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 8.1 | ||||||||||
| Dew point bulb temp.: ºC | 7.1 | ||||||||||
| Vapour pressure: hPa | 10.1 | ||||||||||
| Note: The wet bulb, dew point and vapour pressure above are computed from air temperature and relative humidity | |||||||||||
| Relative humidity: % | 87 | 92 | 0305 | 86 | 0615 | ||||||
| Temperature change in 1 hour: degC | +0.1 | ||||||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 8.3 | 8.5 | 0002 | 8.1 | 0540 | ||||||
| Note: The above wet bulb temperature is measured using a probe and wick | |||||||||||
| Surface temperatures (ºC) | |||||||||||
| Grass temperature | 9.5 | 9.5 | 0730 | 8.0 | 0001 | ||||||
| Concrete temperature | 10.0 | 10.1 | 0015 | 9.5 | 0419 | ||||||
| Bare soil temperature | 9.2 | 9.2 | 0730 | 8.4 | 0433 | ||||||
| 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: | 12.6 | 12.8 | 0002 | 12.6 | 0455 | ||||||
| 10 cm soil temperature: | 12.6 | 12.8 | 0002 | 12.6 | 0454 | ||||||
| 20 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 30 cm soil temperature: | 12.9 | 12.9 | 0002 | 12.9 | 0003 | ||||||
| 50 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 100 cm soil temperature: | 14.4 | 14.5 | 0002 | 14.4 | 0207 | ||||||
| Lowest cloud base (ceilometer measurement) | |||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: metres | 1180 | ||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: feet | 3871 | ||||||||||
| Visibility and present weather (BIRAL SWS-250) | |||||||||||
| Visibility: metres | 56989 | ||||||||||
| Present weather | No significant weather | ||||||||||
| Sunshine and irradiance | |||||||||||
| Sunshine in past 5 minutes: min | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Sunshine since 0000 UTC: h | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Total global solar irradiance: W/m2 | 17 | 18 | 0730 | ||||||||
| Global solar irrad. since 0000 UTC: MJ/m2 | 0.02 | ||||||||||
| Direct beam solar irradiance: W/m2 | -1 | n/a | |||||||||
| Diffuse solar irradiance: W/m2 | 18 | n/a | |||||||||
| Net irradiance: W/m2 | 9 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Ground heat flux density: W/m2 | -5 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 16 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 351 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 344 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Pressure | |||||||||||
| Mean sea level pressure: hPa | 1025.8 | 1025.8 | 0723 | 1025.1 | 0410 | ||||||
| Pressure change in 1 hour: hPa | +0.3 | ||||||||||
| Pressure change in 3 hours: hPa | +0.7 | ||||||||||
| Wind | |||||||||||
| 10-metre wind direction: | 225 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre wind speed: m/s | 1.1 | ||||||||||
| Note: Wind speed and direction are 10-minute vector mean values | |||||||||||
| 10-metre maximum 3-sec wind gust: m/s | 1.9 | 2.6 | |||||||||
| 2-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 0.4 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 0.9 | ||||||||||
Click here for the summary for yesterday from the University of Reading.