Wednesday 4 December 2013

04/12/13

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.   THURSDAY will dawn wet, with severe gales from the W, gusting to 60mph & more in exposed locations. This will be the mildest time of the day, with temperatures near 7 degrees. As the morning goes on, winds will slowly moderate & veer more NW, though gusts could still exceed 30mph & temperatures will continue to fall, back below zero for the afternoon. As the morning's rain begins to die out, some of it may turn to snow for a while, but accumulations are not expected to amount to much.
FRIDAY will be very cold, with temperatures remaining below zero throughout.  There should be plenty of dry, bright weather with some sunshine. The NW wind will be fresh in strength, but bitingly cold. The odd snow shower is possible, the highest risk being overnight, but again, no significant amounts are expected.
WEEKEND--Calming down & gradually becoming less cold.

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
WEDNESDAY starts on a nippy note & indeed much of the day will stay below 3 degrees. It should, however, stay dry this morning, with broken cloud & some sunshine.The afternoon is at risk from the odd shower, though there should still be some dry spells with cloud breaks.The W wind will occasionally gust to about 25mph.  During the evening, cloud will increase &  rain follow overnight. Gust speeds will start to increase in excess of 50mph as the night goes on.

Temperature at obs. time today              0900hrs-0.2
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)10.0
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-1.0
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-4.2
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)3.5mms
Barometer at observation time today1023mbs
Wind at observation time todayW2
This month’s highest temperature to date*
This month’s lowest temperature to date*
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date*
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE*

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in DECEMBER
Avg. max. temperature5.7Long term avg. rainfall92.22mms
Avg min. temperature-0.3Wettest month204.2(2012)
Record high temperature14.4(1983)Driest month23.8(1975)
Record low temperature-18.2(1995)

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