Saturday 11 August 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, bright day ahead, but probably more of a SE breeze & rather more cloud than was the case yesterday. Places further west are likely to see more in the way of sunshine & higher temperatures. Close to the North Sea, it will be more cloudy & feel cool. Maximum temperatures locally around 19 or 20.   Tonight will be partly cloudy, but remain dry.
Temperature at obs. time today 083014.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)22.6
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)12.3
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)9.6
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)nil
Barometer at observation time today1025mbs
Wind at observation time todaySE3
This month’s highest temperature to date23.5
This month’s lowest temperature to date5.2
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date9.8mms
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE20.9mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in AUGUST
Avg. max. temperature18.8Long term avg. rainfall74.5mms
Avg min. temperature9.8Wettest month211 (2004)
Record high temperature28.7 (1984)Driest month8.9 (1976)
Record low temperature0.2 (1997)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK---SUNDAY to WEDNESDAY
High pressure will move away, with the weather becoming dominated by low pressure to the W.
Sunday should remain dry with sunny intervals, but then things go downhill during next week, with Wednesday threatening to be particularly wet. Winds will remain in the SE, but will often be up to about force 4 or 5. Daytime temperatures should hold in the 17 to 19 range, though it will be often be rather cloudy with only sunny intervals.

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