Tuesday 11 September 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
After a nippy start, the morning should see a fair amount of sunshine with just patchy cumulus cloud. The wind, however, initially light, is expected to increase up to force 4 or 5 later on. There is a risk of a few showers around as cloud tends to increase & build during the afternoon. Temperatures will struggle to a high of only around 13 degrees. TONIGHT will be largely dry with some clear spells & minimum temperatures well down into single figures.
Temperature at obs. time today 08155.3
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)13.0
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)2.4
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-1.0
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)0.3mms
Barometer at observation time today1003mbs
Wind at observation time todayNW1
This month’s highest temperature to date22.2 (8th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date2.4
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date1.7 (9th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE2.9mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in SEPTEMBER
Avg. max. temperature15.8Long term avg. rainfall80.5mms
Avg min. temperature7.7Wettest month159 (1981)
Record high temperature26.8 (1991)Driest month5 (1972)
Record low temperature-2.5 (1995)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK----WEDNESDAY to SATURDAY
Pressure is currently low between Iceland & Norway, but by Saturday, high pressure will have built over Southern Britain. Wednesday should see plenty of sunshine, though perhaps cloudy early on. Thursday & Friday will be rather more cloudy, while at this stage, Saturday is looking dry, with some sunny intervals. The entire period is likely to have fresh winds from a westerly quarter, with daytime temperatures no better than 15.Only small amounts of rain are expected. Nights should have temperatures in double figures after tonight.

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