University of Reading Solar Eclipse Day data plots

Observations for today - balloon burst at about 0940 UTC

Cloud base measurements

Cloud bases are shown in black (lowest), then red (if there is a second layer), then blue (if there is a third layer).


Air temperature (in screen) measurements


Fine wire thermometer (TEclipse) measurements


Surface global solar irradiance measurements


Surface direct beam solar irradiance measurements


10 metre wind speed measurements


10 metre wind direction measurements

360: North, 45: North-east, 90: East, 135: South-east, 180:South, 225: South-west, 270: West, 315: North-west


Mean sea level pressure measurements

Quick links to University of Reading surface weather observations
Text information: Current observations
Graphical information: Observations from the past 6 hours