Thursday, 18 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.
Leuchars had 23.6mms of rain yesterday (24hrs ending 2200hrs)
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Rather cloudy, with little in the way of sunshine. There may be a little rain around at first, though dying out to give a largely dry morning & apart from the chance of an odd shower, remaining mostly dry this afternoon.  There may be further rain on occasions this evening.  Highest temperatures up to around 10 with mainly light NE winds. Frost-free overnight.
Temperature at obs. time today 09006.0
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs) (coldest this month to date)6.4
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs) (overhang from yesterday morning no frost last night)-2.4
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-3.3
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)6.1mms
Barometer at observation time today996mbs
Wind at observation time todayNW2
This month’s highest temperature to date13.0
This month’s lowest temperature to date-4.2
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date27.2mms
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE83.3mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for OCTOBER in PITLOCHRY
Avg. max. temperature11.9Long term avg. rainfall106.4mms
Avg min. temperature4.8Wettest month178mms
Record high temperature18.6Driest month14mms
Record low temperature-5.7

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 LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK---FRIDAY to MONDAY
FRIDAY is likely to have a cloudy morning, with rain at times, but with an improvement to dry weather, with broken cloud & some sunshine in the afternoon.
THE WEEKEND looks set to be mainly dry, partly cloudy, though with some sunny intervals.
MONDAY promises to be more cloudy, with some rain spreading up from the south.
Throughout the period, winds will be force 2 or 3 from an E quarter, though at times rather variable in direction. Daytime temperatures will just about make double figures & only Saturday night threatens a frost.

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