Tuesday 26 November 2013

26/11/13

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.   A topsyturvy morning as regards temperature, with spots in Oxfordshire down to -5, while the Northern & Western Isles are at +10 degrees.  WEDNESDAY is expected to be a rather cloudy, but dry & mild day, with the temperature up towards 10. No frost the previous night, but possibly just a touch going into Thursday morning. Winds W 2 or 3.  THURSDAY will be colder than Wednesday (max. 5), with winds a little fresher & generally rather cloudy. There may be the odd shower overnight & perhaps a touch of ground frost. FRIDAY will feel colder, with winds becoming fresher from the NW. There should, however, be some brightness with sunny intervals, though a touch of frost overnight

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
Mainly cloudy, & at times overcast, with misty low cloud. Some light & patchy rain or drizzle can be expected as the morning goes on, but amounting to little. At first it will be cold, but after the passing of a warm front (responsible for any light rain or drizzle),  temperatures will continue to rise slowly throughout the afternoon, evening & night, with the highest temperature being reached towards tomorrow morning (perhaps up to 8). Winds light from W to NW.

Temperature at obs. time today                  0900hrs2.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)2.4
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-5.5
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-7.7
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)trace
Barometer at observation time today1035mbs
Wind at observation time todayNW1
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

PITLOCHRY--AVERAGES & EXTREMES FOR 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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