Wednesday, 29 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.

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
A very promising start, but the morning looks likely to be the better part of the day. Cloud is expected to increase from the east later & some light rain or showers are likely later in the day.It will feel pleasantly warm in the sunshine, with temperatures up to around 17. Winds will be force 2 or 3 from between N & NW. It should become mostly dry overnight.

Temperature at obs. time today                 0830hrs12.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)13.5
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)1.5
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-1.7
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)nil
Barometer at observation time today1012mbs
Wind at observation time todayNNW3
This month’s highest temperature to date22.5 (20th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date-0.5 (25th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date29.2 (3rd)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE66.1mms

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

THURSDAY should become a very pleasant day, with generous amounts of sunshine & patches of fair-weather cloud. Feeling warm, with temperatures close to 20.
FRIDAY will see more cloud around, with perhaps a little rain for a time, but also significant dry periods. It is likely, however, to feel cooler than Thursday.


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