Friday 13 September 2013

13/09/13

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.
Leuchars reached 20.0 yesterday. A deep depression over Iceland will bring some unsettled & very windy conditions for Sunday & the start of next week.
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Dry, partly cloudy, but some intervals of sunshine. Feeling rather cool, with best temperatures up to around 14 degrees. Winds, however, will be only up to force 2 from W or NW.  Dry & cool for much of the night, but an increase in both cloud & wind later on
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Temperature at obs. time today              0845hrs9.1
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)18.0
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)7.6
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)5.0
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)5.0mms
Barometer at observation time today1018mbs
Wind at observation time todayW2
This month’s highest temperature to date23.0 (3rd)
This month’s lowest temperature to date4.8 (8th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date9.6mms (6th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE17.2mms

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

SATURDAY will be the better day of the weekend, with variable amounts of cloud & some intervals of sunshine.
SUNDAY is expected to soon become wet, with the worst of the rain during the morning. There may be some dry spells during the afternoon, but the evening may become showery. It will be very windy from the W or SW up to at least force 6 on occasions, & more on higher, exposed areas.
Temperatures over the weekend will reach in the range 13 to 16, with Saturday likely to have the higher values. 









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