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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 | 6.1 | 7.1 | 0309 | 5.6 | 0510 | ||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 5.0 | ||||||||||
| Dew point bulb temp.: ºC | 3.6 | ||||||||||
| Vapour pressure: hPa | 7.9 | ||||||||||
| Note: The wet bulb, dew point and vapour pressure above are computed from air temperature and relative humidity | |||||||||||
| Relative humidity: % | 84 | 92 | 0425 | 72 | 0939 | ||||||
| Temperature change in 1 hour: degC | -0.5 | ||||||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 4.9 | 5.6 | 0315 | 4.7 | 0709 | ||||||
| Note: The above wet bulb temperature is measured using a probe and wick | |||||||||||
| Surface temperatures (ºC) | |||||||||||
| Grass temperature | 8.2 | 8.5 | 1128 | 5.4 | 0724 | ||||||
| Concrete temperature | 6.7 | 6.9 | 1126 | 5.0 | 0720 | ||||||
| Bare soil temperature | 6.5 | 6.9 | 1124 | 4.8 | 0710 | ||||||
| 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: | 0.8 | ||||||||||
| Soil temperatures under grass (ºC) | |||||||||||
| 5 cm soil temperature: | 8.5 | 8.7 | 0001 | 8.5 | 0640 | ||||||
| 10 cm soil temperature: | 8.3 | 8.6 | 0004 | 8.3 | 1029 | ||||||
| 20 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 30 cm soil temperature: | 8.8 | 9.1 | 0003 | 8.8 | 0915 | ||||||
| 50 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 100 cm soil temperature: | 10.4 | 10.5 | 0003 | 10.4 | 0939 | ||||||
| Lowest cloud base (ceilometer measurement) | |||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: metres | 576 | ||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: feet | 1889 | ||||||||||
| Visibility and present weather (BIRAL SWS-250) | |||||||||||
| Visibility: metres | 15423 | ||||||||||
| Present weather | Slight Drizzle | ||||||||||
| Sunshine and irradiance | |||||||||||
| Sunshine in past 5 minutes: min | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Sunshine since 0000 UTC: h | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Total global solar irradiance: W/m2 | 94 | 112 | 1123 | ||||||||
| Global solar irrad. since 0000 UTC: MJ/m2 | 0.82 | ||||||||||
| Direct beam solar irradiance: W/m2 | 2 | n/a | |||||||||
| Diffuse solar irradiance: W/m2 | 95 | n/a | |||||||||
| Net irradiance: W/m2 | 13 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Ground heat flux density: W/m2 | -5 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 22 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 92 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 336 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 332 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Pressure | |||||||||||
| Mean sea level pressure: hPa | 1020.3 | 1020.5 | 1146 | 1008.1 | 0004 | ||||||
| Pressure change in 1 hour: hPa | +0.1 | ||||||||||
| Pressure change in 3 hours: hPa | +1.5 | ||||||||||
| Wind | |||||||||||
| 10-metre wind direction: | 351 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre wind speed: m/s | 5.2 | ||||||||||
| Note: Wind speed and direction are 10-minute vector mean values | |||||||||||
| 10-metre maximum 3-sec wind gust: m/s | 9.8 | 14.9 | |||||||||
| 2-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 3.7 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 5.2 | ||||||||||
Click here for the summary for yesterday from the University of Reading.