06/07/13

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.

High pressure dominates, but weak fronts to the N & NW are near enough to give some areas of cloud to restrict amounts of sunshine in the local area.  (Leuchars--Fri. Max Temp. 21.8.)

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY

A dry day, with broken cloud & some sunshine.The cloud is likely to be more dominant during the late afternoon & evening. Winds force 3, W to SW & rather warm at 20 or 21 maximum.  TONIGHT---Rather cloudy & mild
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Temperature at obs. time today                     0845hrs	15.7
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)	19.8
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	8.2
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	5.7
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)	nil
Barometer at observation time today	1026mbs
Wind at observation time today	S2
This month’s highest temperature to date	21.3 (3rd)
This month’s lowest temperature to date	6.3 (1st)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date	*
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE	8.4mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in JULY

Avg. max. temperature	19.2	Long term avg. rainfall	60.5mms
Avg min. temperature	10.4	Wettest month	153 (2002)
Record high temperature	30.0 (1983)	Driest month	4.6 (1983)
Record low temperature	1.5 (2004)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK

SUNDAY & MONDAY----Dry, broken cloud, with some spells of sunshine. Winds light to moderate, mainly W to SW. Maximum temperature in the range 20 to 23.