MONDAY 31st JANUARY

HEADLINES @ 0900Hrs
 The last day of what has been a cold month. Look out for a detailed summary later, with the facts & figures + Nexus temperature graph for the whole month. Today starts cloudy & cold, with a minimum of 0.1 & a current temperature of 2.1.The weather charts look much " busier", with lots of isobars. Much of today's rain is in the west.


PILOCHRY TODAY
 The weather pattern is changing, as low pressure takes over from high pressure. The centres of low pressure will be mainly heading for Iceland. Today is likely to be mainly cloudy, with little in the way of sunshine. It will, however, be predominantly dry, with much of the rain remaining in the west. Any rain that reaches Pitlochry, is likely to be very light & patchy. Winds will be moderate, mainly from the SW & temperatures will rise to 5 or 6 degrees.

THIS EVENING & TONIGHT
Remaining mainly cloudy. A spell of rain seems likely during the middle of the night, followed by some breaks in the cloud.Temperatures will fall to around 2 degrees at their lowest, with perhaps a touch of ground frost.

OUTLOOK
A generally unsettled period for the remainder of the working week. Tuesday will see sunny intervals & perhaps the odd shower. More general rain seems likely for a time on Wednesday, while Thurs. & Fri. promise to be windy with showers. Though temperatures should be close to normal at first, they may fall a little later, so that some wintry precipitation may occur in the showers, particularly on local hills.

THIS MORNING'S READINGS
The only online weather service using data recorded in Pitlochry. The data presented below comes from standard Met Office equipment however I also make use of an Automatic Weather Station.

Temperature at obs. Time today 0900	2.1
Maximum Temperature (last 24hrs)	2.8
Minimum Temperature (last 24hrs)	0.1
Grass Minimum Temperature (last 24hrs)	-0.5
Rainfall Total (last 24hrs)	0.2mms
Barometer at observation time today	1016mbs
Wind at observation time today	SW2
This month’s highest temperature to date	8.1 (16th )
This month’s lowest temperature to date	-9.2 (7/8/9 )
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date	29.4 (15th )
This month’s total rainfall to date	79.2mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES JANUARY

Average Max. Temperature	5.3
Average Min. Temperature	-0.9
Record High Temperature	13.7(1992)
Record Low Temperature	-19.6(1982)
Long Term Average Rainfall	109mms
Wettest Month	243(2008)
Driest Month	11(1963)