Wednesday 3 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.
Not far away from NAMASKARD, with its sulphur wells, hot springs, fumaroles & bubbling mud, KRAFLA, an active volcano, reaches a height of 2,650ft.(a little lower than Ben Vrackie). With a magma chamber a mere 2 miles beneath the surface, Krafla is far from extinct, with eruptions & earthquakes happening every year from 1975 to 1984..
Icelanders much prefer volcanic activity to be little & often, rather than the rare but catastropic events!



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