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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 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 1007 | 0.1 | 0432 | ||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 5.8 | ||||||||||
| Dew point bulb temp.: ºC | 3.2 | ||||||||||
| Vapour pressure: hPa | 7.7 | ||||||||||
| Note: The wet bulb, dew point and vapour pressure above are computed from air temperature and relative humidity | |||||||||||
| Relative humidity: % | 73 | 98 | 0530 | 70 | 1017 | ||||||
| Temperature change in 1 hour: degC | -0.3 | ||||||||||
| Wet bulb temperature: ºC | 7.0 | 7.3 | 1007 | 0.3 | 0434 | ||||||
| Note: The above wet bulb temperature is measured using a probe and wick | |||||||||||
| Surface temperatures (ºC) | |||||||||||
| Grass temperature | 24.0 | 28.6 | 1005 | -3.5 | 0340 | ||||||
| Concrete temperature | 18.9 | 21.1 | 0910 | 1.4 | 0420 | ||||||
| Bare soil temperature | 17.2 | 20.3 | 0910 | 2.0 | 0420 | ||||||
| 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: | 10.2 | 10.2 | 1030 | 8.4 | 0620 | ||||||
| 10 cm soil temperature: | 9.3 | 10.2 | 0001 | 8.8 | 0740 | ||||||
| 20 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 30 cm soil temperature: | 9.3 | 10.0 | 0001 | 9.3 | 1004 | ||||||
| 50 cm soil temperature: | n/a | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| 100 cm soil temperature: | 9.7 | 9.7 | 0004 | 9.7 | 0003 | ||||||
| Lowest cloud base (ceilometer measurement) | |||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: metres | 1637 | ||||||||||
| Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: feet | 5370 | ||||||||||
| Visibility and present weather (BIRAL SWS-250) | |||||||||||
| Visibility: metres | 75000 | ||||||||||
| Present weather | No significant weather | ||||||||||
| Sunshine and irradiance | |||||||||||
| Sunshine in past 5 minutes: min | 4.0 | ||||||||||
| Sunshine since 0000 UTC: h | 3.3 | ||||||||||
| Total global solar irradiance: W/m2 | 424 | 853 | 0906 | ||||||||
| Global solar irrad. since 0000 UTC: MJ/m2 | 6.11 | ||||||||||
| Direct beam solar irradiance: W/m2 | 2 | n/a | |||||||||
| Diffuse solar irradiance: W/m2 | 422 | n/a | |||||||||
| Net irradiance: W/m2 | 272 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Ground heat flux density: W/m2 | 7 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 92 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Shortwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 435 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 351 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Longwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 | 321 | n/a | n/a | ||||||||
| Pressure | |||||||||||
| Mean sea level pressure: hPa | 1006.1 | 1009.6 | 0001 | 1005.9 | 0925 | ||||||
| Pressure change in 1 hour: hPa | +0.1 | ||||||||||
| Pressure change in 3 hours: hPa | -0.1 | ||||||||||
| Wind | |||||||||||
| 10-metre wind direction: | 308 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre wind speed: m/s | 2.6 | ||||||||||
| Note: Wind speed and direction are 10-minute vector mean values | |||||||||||
| 10-metre maximum 3-sec wind gust: m/s | 3.7 | 6.0 | |||||||||
| 2-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 0.6 | ||||||||||
| 10-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s | 0.9 | ||||||||||
Click here for the summary for yesterday from the University of Reading.