Tuesday 19 November 2013

19/11/13

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.  WEDNESDAY may start with a few rain showers, but should otherwise be dry with some sunshine later.Windy from the NW, but temperatures up a degree or two on today's. Overnight should be dry with broken cloud & a touch of ground frost.  THURSDAY is expected to be dry & bright with some sunshine. Windy at first, but becoming less so later in the day. Fine overnight with some air frost likely. FRIDAY looks fine with some sunshine, though still cold.


TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
A wintry look to things this morning, following a slight snowfall yesterday evening.  TUESDAY should see good sunny spells for most of the day, though cloud may start to increase during the latter part of the afternoon. This will be followed by a spell of snow this evening, later turning to rain & dying out later in the night. Winds light from the west & temperatures struggling to reach much above 3, dipping to freezing by dawn tomorrow.

Temperature at obs. time today                   0900hrs-0.5
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)5.6
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-2.2
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-5.9
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)trace
Barometer at observation time today1012mbs
Wind at observation time todayNW1
This month’s highest temperature to date13.0(16th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date-5.5(5th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date14.7 (2nd)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE44.6mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in NOVEMBER
Avg. max. temperature8.3Long term avg. rainfall93.47mms
Avg min. temperature1.6Wettest month194.5(2009)
Record high temperature16.5(1997)Driest month 12.2(1957)
Record low temperature-12.6(1985)

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