Friday 24 January 2014

24/01/14

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.

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY

Cloudy throughout the day, though mainly dry this morning. A spell of rain should reach the town by mid afternoon, staying wet for around 4 hours.  Temperatures will slowly rise from close to zero initially, to around 5 during the night. Winds will be force 2 to 4 from the SE.

WEEKEND IN PITLOCHRY

SATURDAY---Some dry spells with a few sunny intervals, but also some showers likely. It may tend to become drier from late afternoon.  Temperatures are likely to be at their highest at first (4), falling to frost levels during the night. Winds will be fresh from the SW.

SUNDAY---Dry a.m. but spells of sleet or wet snow are expected for much of the remainder of the day, though accumulations will be confined to ground over 300ms. It will feel very cold, accentuated by a fresh SE wind, with temperatures struggling to reach 2 degrees. A slight frost is expected soon after dark.



Temperature at obs. time today               0830hrs0.6
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)4.0
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-2.3
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-5.2
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)trace
Barometer at observation time today1009mbs
Wind at observation time todayE2
This month’s highest temperature to date9.2
This month’s lowest temperature to date-4.0
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date24.6mms
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE139.2mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHY in JANUARY
Avg. max. temperature5.3Long term avg. rainfall109mms
Avg min. temperature-0.9Wettest month273mms
Record high temperature13.7Driest month11mms
Record low temperature-19.6

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