Thursday 29 November 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
A very cold day ahead, but dry, with well-broken cloud & some sunshine. Winds will be light from the NW & temperatures will be held back at around 1 to 3 degrees, well down on normal values.   TONIGHT should stay dry with some clear spells & a widespread frost, minimum temperatures down to -3. There may well be more cloud around by the end of the night.
Temperature at obs. time today      0815      -1.5
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)5.1
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-2.2
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-5.7
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)trace
Barometer at observation time today1015mbs
Wind at observation time todayNW1
This month’s highest temperature to date13.2
This month’s lowest temperature to date-2.9
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date13.0
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE62.1mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in NOVEMBER
Avg. max. temperature8.3Long term avg. rainfall93.47mms
Avg min. temperature1.6Wettest month194.5mms
Record high temperature16.5Driest month12.2mms
Record low temperature-12.6

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK
FRIDAY---is expected to be mainly cloudy& still very cold. It seems likely that we may be affected by a spell of light sleet or snow, though little if any accumulation of snow is expected below about 300ms. Temperatures will struggle to about 2.

WEEKEND---Mainly dry & cold with broken cloud & some sunshine. Frosts night & morning.

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