Tuesday 29 October 2013

29/10/13

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.   There were only 30mms of rain up until the 16th. Now, the total has shot up to over 103mms. Nearly a ground frost with me this morning. Some very attractive high level cloud on what looks a delightful start to Tuesday.

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Dry, with well-broken cloud & some sunshine. Winds W to NW force 3 or 4, with maximum temperature around 9. Clear spells tonight, with a widespread ground frost.

Temperature at obs. time today             0830hrs6.0
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)10.7
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)4.6
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)0.5
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)0.2mms
Barometer at observation time today
Wind at observation time todayNW2
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 DATE103.6mms

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)

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LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK

WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY-----Neither day as good as Tuesday, as the weather again begins to be influenced by Atlantic fronts. Wednesday is likely to see a spell of rain, while Thursday looks like being more generally cloudy with rain at times throughout. Winds will be from the SW for much of the time, in a range force 3 to 5, with best temperatures around 8 or 9 degrees.





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