Saturday 16 February 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.

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
A much more cloudy day than yesterday, though just about staying dry. Winds light & variable & temperatures a little down on yesterday (when it was the mildest so far this month).   TONIGHT should stay dry, with partly cloudy skies, though a few cloud breaks too. Perhaps just a touch of ground frost.

Temperature at obs. time today                     09000.9
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)9.0
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-1.8
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-4.3
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)trace
Barometer at observation time today1019mbs
Wind at observation time todayNE1
This month’s highest temperature to date9.0 (15th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date-1.8 (16th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date18.5mms
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE64.0mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in FEBRUARY
Avg. max. temperature6.1Long term avg. rainfall77mms
Avg min. temperature-0.4Wettest month248 (1990)
Record high temperature15.1 (2012)Driest month6.8 (1965)
Record low temperature-12.6 (2010)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK

SUNDAY---Cloudy, especially during the morning, with brighter skies & a little sunshine expected by afternoon. Light winds & perhaps close to freezing overnight.


MONDAY---Mainly dry, if rather cloudy. Still a chance of a slight overnight frost.

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