Thursday, 26 December 2013

26/12/13

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

PITLOCHRY TODAY
Probably the best day of the week--mainly dry(low risk of a shower from the west),with skies bright at times,though rather cloudy at others.  Winds should settle into the SE, light at first, but stronger by late evening,heralding another storm system.
A touch of frost early & temperatures slow to rise more than 2 or 3 degrees.
  




LOCAL OUTLOOK

FRIDAY
Cloudy with spells of rain, which should become lighter & patchier by evening.
It will be a windy day, with SSE force4 winds to begin with, more W to SW force 5 .later,perhaps with gusts to force7.

SATURDAY 
Mainly dry& breezy & feeling cold .Max. temp.up to 4 









Temperature at obs. time today                   1000hrs1.5
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)5.0
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)0.2
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-2.2
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)6.8mms
Barometer at observation time today 988mbs.
Wind at observation time todaySW1
This month’s highest temperature to date12.7(12th)
This month’s lowest temperature to date-1.4(7th)
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date21.3(4th)
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE182.9mms

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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