Sunday, 16 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
Much of the morning will be rather cloudy & some showery rain is possible. There should be an improvement p.m. with more in the way of cloud breaks & sunny intervals. Not as warm as yesterday, with a moderate SW breeze. Tonight will be partly cloudy, with a few clear spells, but still some risk of a passing shower. Lowest temperatures well down into single figures.
Temperature at obs. time today 081512.3
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)18.6
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)10.7
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)7.1
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)trace
Barometer at observation time today1002mbs
Wind at observation time todayNW2
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 date1.7 (9th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE5.8mms

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---MONDAY to THURSDAY
Pressure will stay low to the north & high to  the south & south west, with weak fronts crossing Scotland mainly in a NW airstream. Monday is set up to be quite a showery day, though with some cloud breaks & sunny intervals.Thereafter, little in the way of rain is expected, though, despite some sunshine, it will tend to feel autumnal with coolish daytime temperatures & a force 3 or 4 wind from the NW. Most nights will be rather chilly & a couple of ground frosts seem probable.

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