Friday 3 January 2014

03/01/14

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 
Cloudy, with spells of rain for much of daylight hours. It will also be windy, with winds from between S &SW mostly force 4 or 5 though on occasions, winds may gust between force 6&8 this afternoon& evening. The rain should become lighter & more occasional overnight. For most of the day,temperatures should be around 4 or 5 degrees.


LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK
SATURDAY should be much better & though mostly cloudy, there may be some morning sunshine.It will, however, start to feel cold, with much of the day around 2 or 3 degrees, with a frost overnight.
SUNDAY is expected to start with a frost & see a dry morning, though a deterioration to more unsettled conditions is expected later, as yet another deep low approaches form the Atlantic.




Temperature at obs. time today              0900hrs4.5
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)6.2
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)3.1
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)1.0
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)9.5mms
Barometer at observation time today971mbs
Wind at observation time todaySE5
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 DATE30.6mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in JANUARY
Avg. max. temperature5.3Long term avg. rainfall109mms
Avg min. temperature-0.9Wettest month273mms
Record high temperature13.7Driest month  11mms
Record low temperature-19.6

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