Thursday 21 March 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
Yet another cold day (around  6 degrees below normal) & accentuated by a fresh E to SE wind. There will also be a few snow showers around, but plenty of dry, bright weather too. TONIGHT should find some dry clear spells with a frost.
 
Temperature at obs. time today                      08150.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)3.3
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-2.7
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-4.5
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)0.1mm
Barometer at observation time today1019mbs
Wind at observation time todayESE3
This month’s highest temperature to date10.5 (2nd)
This month’s lowest temperature to date-6.0 (12th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date14.0 (17th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE26.9mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in MARCH
Avg. max. temperature8.4Long term avg. rainfall82mms
Avg min. temperature1.1Wettest month178 (1994)
Record high temperature21.7 (2012)Driest month11.7 (2012)
Record low temperature-11.2 (1986)

For longer outlook periods,surface pressure charts, mountain weather & severe weather warnings, go to the Met Office's regional forecasts and click the relevant headings.

LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK

Between Friday & Monday, the story is very much a wintry one.  Daytime temperatures will struggle around 0 to+2, with frost each night. There will be a force 4, E to SE wind to accentuate the cold.  Much of the time is likely to be cloudy, with some snow at times, with a high risk of  accumulations.   (last year, temperatures exceeded 20 degrees between the 25th & 27th!!!)


No comments:

Post a Comment