Friday 11 October 2013

11/10/13

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.         FIRST AIR FROST OF THE SEASON.  (LAST YEAR, 3 SLIGHT AIR FROSTS OCCURRED IN LATE SEPTEMBER)

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Dry & sunny, though cloud may tend to increase later in the day. Winds much lighter, with some variability in direction. Temperatures off to a low start & struggling to reach 11 degrees. Cold overnight, but probably escaping another air frost.

Temperature at obs. time today           0800hrs-1.2
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)10.3
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-1.2
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-3.9
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)nil
Barometer at observation time today1032mbs
Wind at observation time todayN1
This month’s highest temperature to date18.4 (6th )
This month’s lowest temperature to date-1.2
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

WEEKEND---Generally dry, but less sunshine likely than today, as NE winds import some cloud off the North Sea.( NW Scotland should end up with the best of the sunshine ). Winds generally from the NE, force 3 & still feeling rather cold, with 11 or 12 degrees at best.







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