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.

BEN VRACKIE SUMMIT, PARTLY HIDDEN BY LOW CLOUD, IN A COLD N. AIR STREAM WITH OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE BEN LOOKING SOMEWHAT HIGHER THAN ITS 841 metres.
IN RECENT WEEKS, WE HAVE BEEN REMINDED HOW SIGNIFICANT HEIGHT ABOVE SEA LEVEL IS WITH REGARD TO HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS & LIES.
LOWLAND BRITAIN (SAY BELOW 100metres) RECEIVES MUCH OF ITS SNOWFALL WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE RANGE MINUS 1 TO PLUS 2 DEGREES. THIS MEANS THAT WHEN SNOW FALLS, IT IS FREQUENTLY WET IN TEXTURE & DOES NOT READILY ACCUMULATE
ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.   BEING AT A HIGHER ALTITUDE (SAY ABOVE 200 TO 300 metres) CAN MAKE A VERY PRONOUNCED DIFFERENCE, BOTH IN HOW MUCH SNOW FALLS & HOW LONG IT LIES. CONTRAST, FOR INSTANCE, KINNAIRD WITH THE TOWN CENTRE.