Tuesday, 4 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 will be a dry day, though windy from the west. Cloud should stay well-broken with good spells of sunshine. Max.temperatures should reach 18 degrees, so feeling pleasantly warm in the sunshine & out of the wind. It is expected to stay dry overnight, with broken cloud & some clear spells & lowest temperatures about 8.
Temperature at obs. time today 081513.0
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)20.6
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)11.5
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)9.0
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)0.1mm
Barometer at observation time today1018mbs
Wind at observation time todayWNW4/5
This month’s highest temperature to date*
This month’s lowest temperature to date*
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date*
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE*

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
The period is expected to see a good deal of dry weather, with probably only a little rain for a time on Thursday. Other days should see at least some sunshine, though skies will be partly cloudy. Winds will be mainly from the SW in a range force 3 to 5. It should be a couple of degrees warmer than average in the best of any sunshine & night-time temperatures mostly in double figures.   The period will see something of an E/W split, with W.Perthshire having more cloud, while more sunshine can be expected nearer to the E.Coast. 

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