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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 | 12.4 | 13.7 | 0001 | 12.4 | 0335 | ||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: °C | 11.8 | ||||||||||
| Dew point bulb temp.: °C | 11.1 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 92 | 0158 | 85 | 0001 | ||||||
| Temperature change in 1 hour: degC | -0.4 | ||||||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: °C | 11.8 | 12.4 | 0001 | 11.8 | 0329 | ||||||
| Note: The above wet bulb temperature is measured using a probe and wick | |||||||||||
| Surface temperatures (°C) | |||||||||||
| Grass temperature | 10.5 | 12.8 | 0001 | 10.1 | 0337 | ||||||
| Concrete temperature | 11.8 | 13.9 | 0001 | 11.8 | 0340 | ||||||
| Bare soil temperature | 11.4 | 12.9 | 0001 | 11.4 | 0340 | ||||||
| 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 (°C) | |||||||||||
| 5 cm soil temperature: | 17.2 | 17.9 | 0001 | 17.2 | 0325 | ||||||
| 10 cm soil temperature: | 17.6 | 18.1 | 0001 | 17.6 | 0310 | ||||||
| 20 cm soil temperature: | 17.8 | 18.2 | 0001 | 17.8 | 0335 | ||||||
| 30 cm soil temperature: | 18.1 | 18.3 | 0001 | 18.1 | 0247 | ||||||
| 50 cm soil temperature: | 17.7 | 17.7 | 0001 | 17.7 | 0004 | ||||||
| 100 cm soil temperature: | 17.1 | 17.1 | 0003 | 17.1 | 0005 | ||||||
| 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 | -1 | 0 | 0000 | ||||||||
| Global solar irrad. since 0000 UTC: MJ/m2 | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Direct beam solar irradiance: W/m2 | 1 | 3 | 0013 | ||||||||
| Diffuse solar irradiance: W/m2 | -2 | 0 | 0104 | ||||||||
| Net irradiance: W/m2 | -52 | -5 | 0101 | -68 | 0046 | ||||||
| Ground heat flux density: W/m2 | -13 | -11 | 0014 | -13 | 0239 | ||||||
| Shortwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 1 | 2 | 0223 | -1 | 0000 | ||||||
| Shortwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | -4 | -1 | 0102 | -5 | 0005 | ||||||
| Longwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 362 | 370 | 0000 | 359 | 0339 | ||||||
| Longwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 307 | 358 | 0101 | 306 | 0024 | ||||||
| Pressure | |||||||||||
| Mean sea level pressure: hPa | 1014.4 | 1014.4 | 0330 | 1012.9 | 0005 | ||||||
| Pressure change in 1 hour: hPa | +0.5 | ||||||||||
| Pressure change in 3 hours: hPa | +1.3 | ||||||||||
| Wind | |||||||||||
| 10-metre wind direction: | 262 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre wind speed: m/s | 1.3 | ||||||||||
| Note: Wind speed and direction are 10-minute vector mean values | |||||||||||
| 10-metre maximum 3-sec wind gust: m/s | 2.8 | 6.4 | |||||||||
| 2-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 1.6 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 2.3 | ||||||||||
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