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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 | 14.9 | 20.2 | 0001 | 14.7 | 0432 | ||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 14.5 | ||||||||||
| Dew point bulb temp.: ºC | 14.3 | ||||||||||
| Vapour pressure: hPa | 16.3 | ||||||||||
| Note: The wet bulb, dew point and vapour pressure above are computed from air temperature and relative humidity | |||||||||||
| Relative humidity: % | 96 | 96 | 0445 | 71 | 0003 | ||||||
| Temperature change in 1 hour: degC | -0.1 | ||||||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 14.4 | 17.2 | 0001 | 14.3 | 0352 | ||||||
| Note: The above wet bulb temperature is measured using a probe and wick | |||||||||||
| Surface temperatures (ºC) | |||||||||||
| Grass temperature | 13.2 | 18.1 | 0026 | 10.9 | 0354 | ||||||
| Concrete temperature | 18.7 | 22.7 | 0003 | 18.0 | 0401 | ||||||
| Bare soil temperature | 15.2 | 18.0 | 0007 | 13.5 | 0353 | ||||||
| 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: | 21.1 | 22.7 | 0001 | 21.1 | 0440 | ||||||
| 10 cm soil temperature: | 21.2 | 22.2 | 0001 | 21.2 | 0450 | ||||||
| 20 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 30 cm soil temperature: | 20.1 | 20.2 | 0310 | 20.0 | 0001 | ||||||
| 50 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 100 cm soil temperature: | 17.0 | 17.0 | 0313 | 16.9 | 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 | ||||||||||
| Visibility and present weather (BIRAL SWS-250) | |||||||||||
| Visibility: metres | 54428 | ||||||||||
| Present weather | Drizzle in last hour | ||||||||||
| Sunshine and irradiance | |||||||||||
| Sunshine in past 5 minutes: min | 5.0 | ||||||||||
| Sunshine since 0000 UTC: h | 0.6 | ||||||||||
| Total global solar irradiance: W/m2 | 80 | 81 | 0500 | ||||||||
| Global solar irrad. since 0000 UTC: MJ/m2 | 0.07 | ||||||||||
| Direct beam solar irradiance: W/m2 | 266 | n/a | |||||||||
| Diffuse solar irradiance: W/m2 | 30 | n/a | |||||||||
| Net irradiance: W/m2 | 13 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Ground heat flux density: W/m2 | -16 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 10 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 75 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 373 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 369 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Pressure | |||||||||||
| Mean sea level pressure: hPa | 1021.8 | 1021.9 | 0412 | 1021.6 | 0115 | ||||||
| Pressure change in 1 hour: hPa | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Pressure change in 3 hours: hPa | +0.2 | ||||||||||
| Wind | |||||||||||
| 10-metre wind direction: | 000 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre wind speed: m/s | 0.0 | ||||||||||
| Note: Wind speed and direction are 10-minute vector mean values | |||||||||||
| 10-metre maximum 3-sec wind gust: m/s | 0.0 | 2.4 | |||||||||
| 2-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 0.2 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 0.5 | ||||||||||
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