Monday 27 January 2014

27/01/14

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 yet again, with showery rain or sleet & only limited & unreliable dry slots. (Snow will only fall & accumulate above about 300ms).  Feeling cold with a maximum of 3, accentuated by a raw force 2 to 4 E wind.  Still some showers overnight, with a minimum of about +1.

NEXT 2 DAYS IN PITLOCHRY
TUESDAY---Cloudy with spells of rain throughout & only limited drier slots.Feeling cold & raw, with E  or NE winds reaching force 3 to 5, together with a top temperature of 3. Further showers overnight, with little change in temperature.

WEDNESDAY---No better!  Further spells of rain, though becoming lighter later, but temperatures falling as the day goes on.  Any evening & overnight showers could turn to snow & temperatures fall to frost levels. A difficult morning's travel is on the cards!


Temperature at obs. time today               0830hrs2.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)2.4
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)0.6
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)-0.1
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)18.1mms
Barometer at observation time today976mbs
Wind at observation time todaySE2
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 DATE179.6mms

AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY 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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