Friday 16 August 2013

16/08/13

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.
Pressure is high to the west of Iberia, as well as over NE Europe. It is low to the north of Scotland, with active fronts set to pass through our area, especially on Saturday.
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
A dry, bright morning is expected, with broken cloud & some sunshine. The afternoon is likely to be more cloudy, with a chance of a shower or two, though still with sunny intervals. The evening should be dry with some sunshine & the night fine & clear. There will be a moderate breeze from the west.

Temperature at obs. time today                          0830hrs13.0
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)n/a
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)9.6
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)7.0
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)n/a
Barometer at observation time today1008mbs
Wind at observation time todaySE2
This month’s highest temperature to date22.2
This month’s lowest temperature to date6.4
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to daten/a
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE24.0mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in AUGUST
Avg. max. temperature18.8Long term avg. rainfall74.5mms
Avg min. temperature9.8Wettest month211 (2004)
Record high temperature28.7 (1984)Driest month8.9 (1976)
Record low temperature0.1 (2012)

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---WEEKEND

SATURDAY---Rain from early on & continuing through the morning & into the first part of the afternoon. Feeling cool, with a fresh S to SW wind. Some improvement during the afternoon, with cloud breaking to give sunny intervals, though the odd shower still likely.

SUNDAY---A much better day, with broken cloud & some sunshine. It will,however, be breezy, with temperatures below the seasonal average.

The July rainfall total was 98% of normal at 58mms. Much of this fell in the last week of the month.

Temperature data has failed to transmit during my absence. Extremes during the period were 22.2 & 6.4.





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