Tuesday 15 May 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 lot of dry weather expected today, with broken cloud & sunny intervals. There may be a few showers around the area, probably more so this afternoon.  It will feel cool in the wind & in the shadows, with temperatures unlikely to exceed 10 degrees. Winds will become force 3 to 5 from the NW.  TONIGHT will become dry with clear spells, temperatures falling close to zero in the air & to -2 in prone spots.Ground temperatures may dip to -6 in vulnerable locations.
Temperature at obs. time today 08156.0
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)13.3
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)3.4
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-0.5
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)1.3mms
Barometer at observation time today1015mbs
Wind at observation time todayN3/4
This month’s highest temperature to date17.5
This month’s lowest temperature to date-1.1
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date9.6mms
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE23.3mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES MAY
Avg. max. temperature14.8Long term avg. rainfall61.5
Avg min. temperature5.2Wettest month134.6
Record high temperature25.6Driest month15.7
Record low temperature-3.7

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YESTERDAY IN PITLOCHRYA fair amount of dry weather, with broken cloud & some sunny intervals. Showers did build up during the afternoon, but were mainly insignificant, the one around 1630ish being the sharpest. There were further showers at times during the evening.
THE GENERAL WEATHER PATTERN AROUND THE BRITISH ISLES
Pressure is low to the north & high to the SW of the British Isles. The high will dominate temporarily on Wednesday, but for the rest of the week, the weather will stay changeable, with low pressure centres never too far away.
TOMORROW'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
A nippy start, but generally dry with sunny spells & patchy cloud. xxx

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