Thursday 11 April 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
Mainly cloudy, especially this morning, with some light showery rain on occasions.Skies may brighten a little during the afternoon, with any rain left, dying out. Winds will blow from the S.E.at force 2 or 3, helping to peg temperatures back to a below normal 6 degrees.  TONIGHT---partly cloudy, a few clear spells, with minimum temperatures near or slightly above freezing.

Temperature at obs. time today                             0815hrs3.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)5.5
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)2.3
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)1.2
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)1.5mms
Barometer at observation time today1000mbs
Wind at observation time todayESE2
This month’s highest temperature to date11.0 (6th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date-5.0 (6th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date2.4 (7th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE3.9mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in APRIL
Avg. max. temperature11.3Long term avg. rainfall48.8mms
Avg min. temperature2.7Wettest month101.6 (2005)
Record high temperature23.5 (1984)Driest month2.8 (1980)
Record low temperature-5.7 (2012)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK (FRI---SUN)
A changeable period. Mostly cloudy on FRIDAY, with perhaps a little patchy rain & still cold.  SATURDAY should see mostly dry weather until rain arrives for the evening & overnight.  SUNDAY may see early rain, but should be much milder than recently, though rather windy.

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