University of Reading METFiDAS weather observations for 30 Jul 2025 at time 1510 UTC

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CURRENT CONDITIONSEXTREMES and TOTALS since 0000 UTC
MaximumTime MinimumTime Total
UTC UTC
Temperature and humidity
Air temperature: ºC 23.5 24.0 1501 16.6 0450
Wet bulb temperature: ºC 16.2
Dew point bulb temp.: ºC 10.2
Vapour pressure: hPa 12.5
Note: The wet bulb, dew point and vapour pressure above are computed from air temperature and relative humidity
Relative humidity: % 43 90 0115 40 1417
Temperature change in 1 hour: degC -0.1
Wet bulb temperature: ºC 16.3 17.0 1116 15.0 0515
Note: The above wet bulb temperature is measured using a probe and wick
Surface temperatures (ºC)
Grass temperature 34.7 54.4 1114 16.9 0102
Concrete temperature 32.4 42.0 1116 17.8 0413
Bare soil temperature 29.8 41.0 1116 17.0 0230
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: 21.6 21.6 1445 19.0 0559
10 cm soil temperature: 20.2 20.2 1505 18.8 0550
20 cm soil temperature: n/a n/a n/a
30 cm soil temperature: 18.5 18.6 0002 18.5 0909
50 cm soil temperature: n/a n/a n/a
100 cm soil temperature: 17.3 17.4 0002 17.3 0422
Lowest cloud base (ceilometer measurement)
Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: metres 1957
Lowest cloud base in past 5 minutes: feet 6420
Visibility and present weather (BIRAL SWS-250)
Visibility: metres 75000
Present weather No significant weather
Sunshine and irradiance
Sunshine in past 5 minutes: min 0.2
Sunshine since 0000 UTC: h 2.4
Total global solar irradiance: W/m2 290 1244 1150
Global solar irrad. since 0000 UTC: MJ/m2 11.89
Direct beam solar irradiance: W/m2 3 n/a
Diffuse solar irradiance: W/m2 290 n/a
Net irradiance: W/m2 172 n/a n/a
Ground heat flux density: W/m2 29 n/a n/a
Shortwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 54 n/a n/a
Shortwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 285 n/a n/a
Longwave upwelling irradiance: W/m2 446 n/a n/a
Longwave downwelling irradiance: W/m2 408 n/a n/a
Pressure
Mean sea level pressure: hPa 1018.6 1019.9 0750 1018.3 0230
Pressure change in 1 hour: hPa -0.2
Pressure change in 3 hours: hPa -0.7
Wind
10-metre wind direction: 335
10-metre wind speed: m/s 2.7
Note: Wind speed and direction are 10-minute vector mean values
10-metre maximum 3-sec wind gust: m/s 5.0 6.6
2-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s 1.5
10-metre average wind speed since 0000 UTC: m/s 2.1

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