Wednesday 12 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
It is expected to be a dry day, with sunny spells, especially this morning. The afternoon & evening are likely to have rather larger amounts of cloud, though still with some intervals of sunshine. There will be a force 3 breeze from the NW, with highest temperatures only reaching 14 degrees.   TONIGHT should start dry with some clear spells & lowest temperature well down in single figures. There may be more cloudy skies with a little rain late in the night.
Temperature at obs. time today 08456.9
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)13.0
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)4.7
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)1.1
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)1.0mms
Barometer at observation time today1007mbs
Wind at observation time todayNW1
This month’s highest temperature to date22.2 (8th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date2.4 (11th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date1.7mms (9th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE3.9mms

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---THURSDAY to SUNDAY
The Icelandic low pressure is still dominating the circulation over Britain & lively winds are to be expected for the next few days. High pressure should be settled over Southern Britain for the weekend. Thursday is likely to be the day with most cloud & the greatest likelihood of some rain, if mainly light. Thereafter, it should be mainly dry, with a reasonable weekend, with some sunshine & a little warmer.Winds throughout will be from a W. quarter, often up to at least force 4, especially on Thursday. Overall rainfall amounts should be small, with higher overnight temperatures.

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