Saturday, 13 August 2011

SATURDAY 13th AUGUST

HEADLINES @ 0930Hrs
A cloudy, but very mild start to the day. Another 10.7mms in the raingauge, taking us up to 140% of average & we're not yet half way through the month!!

PITLOCHRY TODAY
Partly cloudy with a few intervals of sunshine, but also a few light showers around. Probably more in the way of sunshine from late afternoon onwards. Maximum temperatures should be 2 or 3 degrees up on yesterdays.

THIS EVENING & TONIGHT
Mostly dry with clear spells & a minimum of about 8 or 9 degrees.

OUTLOOK
SUNDAY---Some sunshine, but perhaps an odd shower around--dry for most of the time. Maximum temperatures around 17 or 18 which is hardly up to the long-term average.
MONDAY---Some sunshine & mostly dry--perhaps the odd shower around. Temperatures by day a little below normal.

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 093014.1
Maximum Temperature (last 24hrs)14.3
Minimum Temperature (last 24hrs)11.5
Grass Minimum Temperature (last 24hrs)11.1
Rainfall Total (last 24hrs)
10.7mms
Barometer at observation time today
998mbs
Wind at observation time today
calm
This month’s highest temperature to date
21.8
This month’s lowest temperature to date6.2
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date37.2mms
This month’s total rainfall to date              (140% of an average WHOLE Aug.)103.9mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES AUGUST
Average Max. Temperature18.8
Average Min. Temperature9.8
Record High Temperature28.7
Record Low Temperature0.2
Long Term Average Rainfall74.5
Wettest Month211
Driest Month9

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