Sunday 28 July 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
Much of the morning & the first part of the afternoon are expected to be cloudy & wet. The rain is likely to be mostly moderate, but occasionally heavy in intensity. There should be some drier & brighter conditions around later in the afternoon, while much of the evening & overnight are likely to be dry. Winds will be light or moderate from the W or NW & temperatures will only rise to about 16 later in the day, which is 2 or 3 degrees below normal (for a change) .

Temperature at obs. time today                   0815hrs14.9
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)24.0
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)12.5
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)n/a
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)4.5mms
Barometer at observation time today1000mbs
Wind at observation time todayW1
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 DATE39.8mms

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

Rather unsettled, with some showers or even one or two longer spells of rain, as well as some dry periods with sunny intervals. Winds will mostly blow from between SW & SE, generally force 2 to 4. It should stay fairly mild overnight, with daytime temperatures mostly near to the seasonal normal.



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