Saturday, 19 October 2013

19/10/13

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.   It looks as though we are going "live" this morning, despite chaos on the computer last night. My thanks to Rob for spending much of Friday evening sorting it all out. NEVER PRESS KEY F10 !!!  

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Cloudy, with hills often covered in low-level cloud. Patches of mainly light rain at times, though a few drier spells, especially p.m. Winds SE force 1 or 2 & maximum temperature close to 12. A further band of rain overnight. with plenty of mist & low cloud for the morning.

Temperature at obs. time today          0900hrs11.0
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)11.5
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)7.7
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)7.1
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)---wettest, to date, this month14.3
Barometer at observation time today1000mbs
Wind at observation time todaySE1
This month’s highest temperature to date18.4 (6th )
This month’s lowest temperature to date-2.6 (12th )
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date14.3mms
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE46.6mms

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 )

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

SUNDAY is expected to start with plenty of mist, fog & low-level cloud. Later on, showers are likely to develop, interspersed with a few sunny intervals. Winds will remain in the SE, while temperatures may be a degree or so milder.

MONDAY promises to be better, with a ridge of high pressure crossing. There may be an odd shower, but some sunny intervals are also promised, with temperatures a little higher once more.












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