Thursday, 18 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.
APRIL RAINFALL has quickly risen to near-normal value for the whole month.
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
A fair amount of dry weather, with broken cloud & sunny intervals. However, there are also likely to be more cloudy spells, with a few showers. Winds fresh from the W & highest temperatures around 11.  TONIGHT should be mostly dry, with clear spells & temperatures within a degree or two of zero.

Temperature at obs. time today                       0815hrs6.5
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)10.5
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)4.4
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)3.6
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)14.2
Barometer at observation time today987mbs
Wind at observation time todayNW4
This month’s highest temperature to date14.0 (15th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date-5.0 (6th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date14.2 (17th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE44.9mms

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
FRIDAY should be the best day of the week---Dry with sunny spells.  SATURDAY is likely to be the better day of the weekend, but although mainly dry, there will not be as much sunshine as Friday. SUNDAY is prone to occasional rain or showers.  Overall, the period should see near-normal daytime temperatures.

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