Saturday, 21 April 2012

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 rather unsettled day yet again, with largely cloudy skies & just a few sunny intervals in the drier spells. There are already showers around & more will develop, some being long-lasting & heavy. It is very much hit & miss & really unpredictable, as to what degree Pitlochry is affected (Thursday & Friday being contrasting examples of this). It will still be on the cool side & winds will be mainly light from an E quarter. Any late showers should die out after dark to leave clear spells & locally a touch of ground frost.
Temperature at obs. time today 09006.2
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)9.5
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)4.8
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)3.8
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)12.4mms
Barometer at observation time today995mbs
Wind at observation time todayNNW2
This month’s highest temperature to date13.7
This month’s lowest temperature to date-5.7
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date20.6mms
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE61.1mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES APRIL
Avg. max. temperature11.3Long term avg. rainfall48.8
Avg min. temperature2.7Wettest month101.6
Record high temperature23.5Driest month2.8
Record low temperature-5.7mms

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YESTERDAY IN PITLOCHRYAnother day of sunny intervals & showers, but unlike on previous days, Pitlochry took a hit from a larger, heavier shower around 1500 to 1700 which gave over 9 mms of rain. Temperatures were again down on average.
THE GENERAL WEATHER PATTERN AROUND THE BRITISH ISLES
Low pressure is still sitting over Britain & although this particular system should move out into the North Sea tomorrow, another one is set to take its place, moving into the SW approaches by Monday. Thus things remain rather cool & unsettled in the outlook!
TOMORROW'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY  Still the familiar theme of sunny intervals & some showers.

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