WEDNESDAY 12th JANUARY

HEADLINES @ 0900Hrs
 The trees & bushes are again all dressed in white, looking beautiful, but up above, gone are the blue skies of the last couple of days, replaced by low cloud, dampness & murk. I've spent the last hour pushing 4cms of snow off an underlying sheet of ice.   But don't despair! This is likely to be the last snowfall for a while & the Atlantic is full of depressions & fronts already starting to bring milder, wetter & windier weather to most parts of Britain (Last of all to Northern Scotland). Overnight the lowest temperature was -2.3, while currently it is 0.2

PILOCHRY TODAY
A mainly cloudy day,with the cloud at its lowest this morning when there may be a little drizzle around. Possibly a little brighter later. With a fresh fall of snow lying, this will hold back the temperature, probably at around 2 or 3 degrees with only a very slow thaw.

THIS EVENING & TONIGHT
Probably just about escaping a frost. A likelihood of some rain for a time during the night.

OUTLOOK
Often unsettled, with rain at times & windy on occasions, but milder than we have been used to.There should be a rapid thaw, with rising river levels.

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	+0.2
Maximum Temperature (last 24hrs)	+3.8
Minimum Temperature (last 24hrs)	-2.3
Grass Minimum Temperature (last 24hrs)	-6.7
Rainfall Total (last 24hrs)	3.9mms
Barometer at observation time today	1000mbs
Wind at observation time today	ENE1
This month’s highest temperature to date	4.0(4th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date	-9.2(7/8/9)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date	7.7(4th)
This month’s total rainfall to date	19.3mms

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)