Tuesday 15 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.
A slight snow flurry earlier, but at least the cloud cover has kept overnight temperatures higher than expected.
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
The day should be dry, with broken cloud & some sunny intervals. It will, however, remain cold, with the thermometer spending much of the day between -1 & +1. At least winds will be very light, so no wind chill factor.
AFTER DARK, temperatures are likely to take a tumble under largely clear skies & with snow lying---down to at least -5 or -6.

Temperature at obs. time today          0845-2.5
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)+1.5
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-2.5
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)---over snow-10.0
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)trace
Barometer at observation time today1011mbs
Wind at observation time todayN1
This month’s highest temperature to date10.7 (4th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date   NOW!           -2.5
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date7.3 (7th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE22.9mms

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
WEDNESDAY  Very frosty at first, perhaps with some valley mist patches. Most places should see a fair amount of sunshine, but temperatures will struggle to reach zero through the day, with more severe frost overnight.



THURSDAY   Very frosty again & remaining very cold all day. It should stay dry, with some sunny intervals. More of a wind chill as winds increase from the SE.

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