Monday, 25 November 2013

25/11/13

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.    High pressure is dominating Scotland's weather, with barometers close on 1040mbs. During the week, the high will sink slowly southwards, though still remain the greatest influence over our weather & between now & Thursday it should stay dry, save for a little rain for a time during the middle of Tuesday, as a weak front skirts round the northern edge of the "high". Temperatures will then tend to rise to give maximum up to 8 or so, with frost becoming less likely The breeze will tend to pick up a little from between W & NW. Less sunshine is likely after today.

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Very frosty start, with mist & fog in the valley which may be slow to clear. Temperatures struggling to 3 or less. Winds will be light today.Much of the day will see good sunny spells (at least above the mist & fog), but later in the afternoon, cloud will tend to increase, perhaps with further mist & fog patches around the area. Slight frost overnight, though-please note- the 24hr period of observation is likely to result in the minimum being the figure of -5.5, the 0900 temperature this morning.

Temperature at obs. time today                   0900hrs-5.5
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)6.2
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs) lowest this month-5.9
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-8.3
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)nil
Barometer at observation time today1039mbs
Wind at observation time todaycalm
This month’s highest temperature to date13.0(16th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date-5.9(25th)
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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