Thursday 10 October 2013

10/10/13

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 will become high to the north of Scotland, with little in the way of rain for the next few days.
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Possibly a light shower (most likely early morning ), but in the main a dry day with some lengthy spells of sunshine. Winds fresh from NNW & still feeling rather cold, maximum temperature 11.  TONIGHT---mainly clear & cold, with a widespread ground frost & locally an air frost
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Temperature at obs. time today              0800hrs5.8
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)10.3
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)5.0
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)2.4
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)2.2mms
Barometer at observation time today1024mbs
Wind at observation time todayWNW4
This month’s highest temperature to date18.4 (6th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date1.7 9th )
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date13.7 (2nd )
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE24.3mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in OCTOBER
Avg. max. temperature11.9Long term avg. rainfall106.4mms
Avg min. temperature4.8Wettest month178 (2001 )
Record high temperature18.6 (1997 )Driest month 14 (2003 )
Record low temperature-5.7 (2002 )

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK

FRIDAY to SUNDAY----Remaining rather cold, with winds mainly in the NE.  Mainly dry, with spells of sunshine, more so on Friday, with rather more in the way of cloud, especially by Sunday. Maximum temperatures around the 11 to 12 mark, with winds generally lighter. The frost risk generally becoming less likely with time.






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