Saturday 27 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.   CLOCKS BACK 1HR TONIGHT
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Dry & cold, with broken cloud & some sunshine this morning.  The afternoon is expected to become more generally cloudy, with occasional rain reaching the area, by or before nightfall.   OVERNIGHT, a little more rain is expected for a time, before clearing skies develop before morning. A ground frost is then likely.
Temperature at obs. time today   08452.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)6.5
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-0.2
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-4.3
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)0.4mms
Barometer at observation time today1022mbs
Wind at observation time todayNW1
This month’s highest temperature to date13.1 (24th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date-4.2 (17th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date27.2 (11th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE90.0mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for OCTOBER in PITLOCHRY
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----SUNDAY to WEDNESDAY
SUNDAY---Rather cloudy, with occasional rain, mostly light. Some dry spells too, but limited sunshine. Feeling less cold, though a ground frost likely overnight.
MONDAY---Probably the best day of the bunch, dry, with broken cloud & some sunshine. Still rather cold. Some rain overnight.
TUESDAY---Rather cloudy, though mostly dry until after dark, when more fronts bring further rain.
WEDNESDAY---Rather cloudy & unsettled, with more in the way of wind. rain or showers at times.

 THROUGHOUT---- The worst of the rain will be further to the west, temperatures will be rather below the late Oct. average & nights will be close to a touch of ground frost.




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