Monday, 1 October 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.
DRIEST SEPTEMBER SINCE 1986
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Still an E/W split:    yesterday, Tyndrum had 39mms of rain, Leuchars 5hrs of sunshine.
Today will see some dry spells, with a little sunshine, but also some more cloudy weather with showers, the latter more especially p.m.  Winds will become fresh from the SW, with best temperatures up to 13/14. Some showers likely overnight
Temperature at obs. time today 08308.8
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)16.7
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)8.2
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)4.5
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)0.3mms
Barometer at observation time today1002mbs
Wind at observation time todaySE1
SEPT. highest temperature 22.2
SEPT lowest temperature -0.9
SEPT. highest 24hr rainfall total to date2.4mms
SEPT. TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE23.3mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in OCTOBER
Avg. max. temperature11.9Long term avg. rainfall106.4mms
Avg min. temperature4.8Wettest month178 (2001)
Record high temperature18.6 (1997)Driest month14 (2003)
Record low temperature-5.7 (2002)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK---TUESDAY to FRIDAY
Low pressure is situated between Iceland & Scandinavia & high pressure to the west of Iberia. A westerly. airflow, with occasional fronts, covers Scotland.   TUESDAY will be a day of sunny intervals & more cloudy, showery spells.  WEDNESDAY continues in a showery vein, though perhaps more sunshine & fewer showers. THURSDAY & FRIDAY should be drier, but with fresher NW winds, somewhat colder.
Daytime temps. will be in the range 10 to 12, while nights will turn chilly, though no indications of any air frosts.

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