Tuesday 7 January 2014

07/01/14

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

Mainly cloudy, with showery rain from time to time, though much of it should be fairly light. There should be longer dry periods after dark.  Temperatures will again be on the mild side of normal, up to 7 degrees & not falling much overnight. Winds will be light from the SW.


LOCAL AREA OUTLOOK  

WEDNESDAY---A cloudy, damp start, but much of the day should be dry, with some breaks in the cloud & sunny intervals at times.Remaining mild at 7 degrees max .with light to moderate WSW winds.
With some clear spells overnight, a ground frost seems likely by dawn on Thursday.

THURSDAY---Feeling somewhat colder (max. 4 degrees), but dry & bright at times. Again, overnight clear skies leading to a ground frost.








Temperature at obs. time today                    0915hrs6.1
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)8.1
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)5.8
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)2.5
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)9.5mms
Barometer at observation time today984mbs
Wind at observation time todaycalm
This month’s highest temperature to date8.1
This month’s lowest temperature to date-0.8
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date21.1mms
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE66.2mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in JANUARY
Avg. max. temperature5.3Long term avg. rainfall109
Avg min. temperature-0.9Wettest month273
Record high temperature13.7Driest month11
Record low temperature-19.6

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