FRIDAY 13th JANUARY

THIS MORNING'S READINGS
THE ONLY ONLINE WEATHER SERVICE WHERE THE OBSERVER LIVES & RECORDS IN PITLOCHRY, USING PREVIOUS MET OFFICE CLIMATE STATION EXPERIENCE. FORECASTING MATERIAL MAKES USE OF MET OFFICE & BBC MATERIAL, WHICH IS THEN TAILORED FOR THE PITLOCHRY AREA, USING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE.

Temperature at obs. time today 0900	-1.0
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)	6.8
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	-1.0
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	-5.0
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)     (from a shwr. shortly after 9am yesterday)	0.4mms
Barometer at observation time today	1033mbs
Wind at observation time today	N1
This month’s highest temperature to date	11.0
This month’s lowest temperature to date	-1.3
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date	31.9mms
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE	71.4

AVERAGES & EXTREMES JANUARY

Avg. max. temperature	5.3	Long term avg. rainfall	109
Avg min. temperature	-0.9	Wettest month	273
Record high temperature	13.7	Driest month	10.6
Record low temperature	-19.6		mms

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High pressure covers the British Isles, giving quiet conditions everywhere. It will generally be rather cold, with varying amounts of sunshine, but most places will have overnight frost. There will also be some mist & fog in places.

FRIDAY IN PITLOCHRY
A dry day with light winds & some sunshine at times. There may also be spells with areas of high/medium level cloud around. There will be a touch of frost at first & temperatures are only likely to rise 2 or 3 degrees during the day.
Overnight, patchy cloud is expected, with a slight frost. Some valley mist patches are probable.

WEEKEND PROSPECTS in PITLOCHRY
Looking good.  Dry throughout, with a mixture of some sunshine & patches of mainly high cloud. Valley bottom sites may experience some mist or fog patches. Winds will be light.  Daytime maximum temperatures will be within the range of 2 to 4 degrees. Overnight, there will be mostly slight frosts, as cloud patches are likely to prevent the thermometer falling too much.