Saturday, 7 September 2013

07/09/13

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.
Very wet over the past 24 hrs in NE & NW England, as well as the Scottish Borders. Durham had 62.8mms.  Pitlochry had 9.6mms--the first rain of September.
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Mostly cloudy with a few showers early, but a general improvement as the day goes on, with more broken cloud & some sunny intervals. It will, however, be breezy & cool (E to SE force 4, maximum temperature 14 or 15 degrees). Tonight should be dry & cool.

Temperature at obs. time today         0845hrs12.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)15.0
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)8.5
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)7.2
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)9.6mms
Barometer at observation time today1008mbs
Wind at observation time todayNNE5
This month’s highest temperature to date23.0 (3rd)
This month’s lowest temperature to date7.2 (6th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date9.6 (6th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE9.6mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in SEPTEMBER
Avg. max. temperature15.8Long term avg. rainfall80.5mms
Avg min. temperature7.7Wettest month159 (1981)
Record high temperature26.8 (1991)Driest month  5 (1972)
Record low temperature-2.5 (1995)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK

SUNDAY & MONDAY---Both mainly dry days, with varying amounts of cloud & sunny intervals.
Maximum temperatures around 14 to 16 degrees. Winds moderate in strength, mostly SE on Sunday & NW on Monday.




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