Saturday 17 March 2012

SATURDAY 17th MARCH

A WARM WELCOME TO PITLOCHRY WEATHER!
THE ONLY ONLINE WEATHER SERVICE WHERE THE OBSERVER LIVES & RECORDS IN PITLOCHRY, USING PREVIOUS MET OFFICE CLIMATE STATION EXPERIENCE. FORECASTING IS BASED ON MET OFFICE & BBC MATERIAL, WHICH IS THEN TAILORED FOR THE PITLOCHRY AREA, USING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE.
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
A cold start, following an earlier frost. It should be a dry day, with broken cloud & some spells of sunshine. Winds will be force 2 to 4 mainly from the west & maximum temperatures should reach 9 or 10 degrees. TONIGHT should see some long clear spells & a frost ( down to about -3 in the air & -7 on the grass in the more frost prone sites.)
Temperature at obs. time today 09002.8
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)11.3
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-1.1
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-5.7
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)0.3mms
Barometer at observation time today1009mbs
Wind at observation time todayW1
This month’s highest temperature to date13.7
This month’s lowest temperature to date-3.4
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date2.5mms
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE9.2mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES MARCH
Avg. max. temperature8.4Long term avg. rainfall82mms
Avg min. temperature1.1Wettest month178mms
Record high temperature17.6Driest month18.5mms
Record low temperature-11.2

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YESTERDAY IN PITLOCHRYSome"welcome " rain overnight & mainly during the morning, but a slow-moving front led to cloud hanging around for much of the time. Further south of our area, the rain lasted, on occasions, for much of the day. Amounts of rain, certainly in Pitlochry, did little to add much to what is currently a very low total.
THE GENERAL WEATHER PATTERN AROUND THE BRITISH ISLES
A new area of high pressure, currently in the Atlantic, west of Iberia, promises to build across the south of Britain for much of next week, suggesting little in the way of rain on the cards for the local area.
TOMORROW'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRYA frosty start, but some dry & sunny weather likely, with just the risk of a passing shower. Temperatures up to 8 or 9, with winds force 2 to 4 from the west.

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