Thursday 24 October 2013

24/10/13

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.     In what's been an unsettled week (with more still to come), today should be one of the better days.

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Dry, broken cloud & some sunny spells. Winds from the west, force 3 & maximum temperature 11. Mostly dry tonight & initially becoming clear & chilly, but later cloud will increase, winds freshen from the SE, with the inevitable rain to follow by or before morning.

Temperature at obs. time today           08157.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)12.7
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)5.6
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)2.8
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)0.4mms
Barometer at observation time today1005mbs
Wind at observation time todaySW3
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 date16.1 (19th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE83.8mms

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

FRIDAY---Mostly cloudy & windy with rain at times, probably the worst of it later in the morning.
SATURDAY---A dry morning, with a further spell of rain later in the afternoon & into the evening.
Both days likely to be windy with maximum temperatures around 12.




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