Thursday 21 November 2013

21/11/13

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.  Following yesterday's vigorous depression in the North Sea ( some force 9 gusts last evening, with power cuts locally), a quietening-down process now begins, with high pressure building.
It looks like dry weather for THURSDAY to SUNDAY, with light winds, broken cloud & some sunshine, cold by day ( 3 or so max), with overnight frost & mist & fog patches (minimum 0 to -3). There is a fly in the ointment, however, with the chance of a temperature inversion situation over the weekend, which would hinder mist & fog clearance & keep temperatures close to freezing for parts of daylight hours too.

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Dry with plenty of sunshine. Winds from the NW, fresh to strong at first & bitingly cold,  but decreasing during the day. Max.temp. up to 3 or 4, but with a pronounced wind chill.  Tonight clear & frosty (-4 & perhaps lower)

Temperature at obs. time today             0900hrs2.1
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)4.9
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)1.2
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-0.8
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)8.7mms
Barometer at observation time today1014mbs
Wind at observation time todayNW5
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 DATE65.3mms

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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