Friday 12 July 2013

12/07/13

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.
There were some showers around the region yesterday p.m.but Pitlochry escaped, though skies did turn more generally cloudy from mid-afternoon. Still hot, however, with a sultry evening & rather too warm for some of us getting to sleep!
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
A dry day ahead & perhaps the last of the hot ones for the time being. There are expected to be good sunny spells, with temperatures reaching, or perhaps exceeding, 27 degrees (81 in old currency). Winds mainly from the W, light to moderate. There may be rather more cloud around by nightfall, keeping temperatures well in double figures
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Temperature at obs. time today               084518.5
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)25.7
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)15.0
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)12.0
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)nil
Barometer at observation time today1023mbs
Wind at observation time todayv1
This month’s highest temperature to date28.3 (9th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date6.3 (1st)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date*
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE8.4mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in JULY
Avg. max. temperature19.2Long term avg. rainfall60.5mms
Avg min. temperature10.4Wettest month153 (2002)
Record high temperature30.0 (1983)Driest month4.6 (1983)
Record low temperature1.5 (2004)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK

Becoming cooler & fresher, care of a SE-moving cold front. There is unlikely to be much- needed rain associated with this system, though cloud amounts are likely to be greater than we have been used to. Nights will be cooler & better for sleeping.



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