Sunday, 13 January 2013

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.
                3cms of snow lying here (140ms). Less in the town & more on higher ground.
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Cloudy & cold, with temperatures spending most of the day around 1 or 2 degrees. There is likely to be a little further snow on occasions, but amounts are expected to be negligible, with some dry spells. Winds will be light from the SE.   OVERNIGHT, there should be dry spells with clear intervals & a frost, though further snow may spread to the area before dawn on Monday.

Temperature at obs. time today                0830+0.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)+3.1
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)+0.3
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-1.2
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)2.6mms
Barometer at observation time today1019mbs
Wind at observation time todayENE1
This month’s highest temperature to date10.7 (4th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date-2.1
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date7.3 (7th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE17.4mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in JANUARY
Avg. max. temperature5.3Long term avg. rainfall109mms
Avg min. temperature-0.9Wettest month273 (1993)
Record high temperature13.7 (1992)Driest month11 (1963)
Record low temperature-19.6 (1982)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK

MONDAY---Cloudy with some snow at first, but becoming mostly dry. Remaining cold with a NW breeze. Possibly more snow during the evening.

TUESDAY---Mainly dry with some sunshine, though temperatures close to freezing by day --- & below, night & morning.

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