Thursday 25 July 2013

25/07/13

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.
Still unsettled, but the warmth & high humidity persist. (Yesterday, Strathallan reached 24.2)
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Dry for a time this morning, then some rain will begin to spread into our area from the south. There may be a few heavy outbreaks. This belt of more general rain should die out after a couple of hours to leave a day of dry spells with sunny intervals, but also a risk of a few scattered heavy showers, perhaps thundery. Winds will remain fairly light from the SE & highest temperatures should approach 20.   TONIGHT should be rather cloudy, perhaps with some further rain, but staying very mild yet again

Temperature at obs. time today                   0915hrs17.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)23.8
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)15.8
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)13.1
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)0.6mms
Barometer at observation time today1011mbs
Wind at observation time todayE1
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 date11.3 (23rd)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE22.6mms

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)

For longer outlook periods,surface pressure charts, mountain weather & severe weather warnings, go to the Met Office's regional forecasts and click the relevant headings.

LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK

The weather up to & including the weekend, is expected to remain rather warm by day & mild overnight, in a range 13 as an overnight low to 19 to 21 as a daytime maximum. Fairly light winds will blow from a direction between SW & SE. 
The weather will tend to be unreliable, with skies partly cloudy & sunshine mostly rather limited. Showers, sometimes heavy & thundery, are also on the menu, but while some places in the region may experience some local flooding,  others may receive only small amounts of rain. Saturday may be the best day of the bunch.

It's always interesting to keep an eye on any heavy showers which seem to have Pitlochry's name on them. Check sources of information on the site's links!






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