Thursday, 23 May 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.
FRESH SNOW lying on our higher ground.  This day last year saw a maximum temperature of 25.6 !!
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
A cloudy start, with some showery rain (snow above 300 to 400 ms). It should soon start to dry up & clouds should thin & break somewhat, with some intervals of sunshine during the rest of the day.  However, it will become windy from the N to NW & feel much colder than normal for late May, temperatures struggling around 10 or 11.  A chilly night ahead & though mostly dry, there is some risk of a rain area over the North Sea clipping us for a time late in the night.

Temperature at obs. time today                    0815hrs4.0
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)14.0
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)2.5
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)0.5
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)4.6mms
Barometer at observation time today1014mbs
Wind at observation time todayNW4
This month’s highest temperature to date22.5 (20th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date0.2 (13th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date29.2 (3rd)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE54.9mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in MAY
Avg. max. temperature14.8Long term avg. rainfall61.5mms
Avg min. temperature5.2Wettest month149 (1975)
Record high temperature26.1 (2012)Driest month16 (1994)
Record low temperature-3.7 (1995)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK
THE OUTLOOK IS MUCH MORE ENCOURAGING, WITH FRIDAY & THE WEEKEND BECOMING DRY, WITH GOOD SPELLS OF SUNSHINE.  WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER & TEMPERATURES WILL RISE TO NEAR NORMAL




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