Sunday 28 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
Rather cloudy, with a few light showers initially. For the rest of the day, there should be rather more emphasis on dry weather with some sunshine. An odd shower is possible. There will be a force 4 W breeze, helping to make it feel chilly out of the sun or in the shadows, but highest temperature should reach around 12 degrees. TONIGHT should be mainly dry, with clear spells & falling temperatures. A ground frost is certainly on the cards.

Temperature at obs. time today                       0900hrs8.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)11.5
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)4.6
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)2.4
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)0.4
Barometer at observation time today1004mbs
Wind at observation time todayWNW4
This month’s highest temperature to date14.2 (19th)
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 DATE52.2mms

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
The next 2 days will see the continuation of fresh breezes from W to NW, making it feel chilly out of the sun. There should be plenty of dry weather, with some bright sunshine & any showers should be fairly isolated. The nights will be chilly, with ground frosts very likely.

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