Saturday, 21 July 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 dry day is expected, with sunny spells this morning, but rather more cloud later in the day. It should feel pleasantly warm by late morning despite the rather chilly start. Winds will be force 3 or 4 from the W. with highest temperatures around 18 or 19.  A little light rain is expected overnight, as fronts move in from  the west.
Temperature at obs. time today 091514.3
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)16.7
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)5.6
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)3.1
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)nil
Barometer at observation time today1021mbs
Wind at observation time todayW3
This month’s highest temperature to date23.1
This month’s lowest temperature to date4.0
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date18.6mms
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE80.6mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES JULY
Avg. max. temperature19.2Long term avg. rainfall60.5mms
Avg min. temperature10.4Wettest month153 (2002)
Record high temperature30.0 (1983)Driest month4.6 (1983)
Record low temperature1.5 (2004)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK----SUN.22nd to WED.25th JULY
Sunday will be the least settled & windiest day, with some rain likely, especially at first & again during the evening. In between, there may be breaks in the cloud with some sunshine & it should feel rather warm at 19 degrees, but with a force 5 or 6 SW wind.    Thereafter, there should be a fair amount of dry weather, with partly cloudy skies but intervals of pleasant sunshine & overall feeling quite warm in the brighter spells.

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