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. Air pressure in Northern Russia is around 1055mbs(very high), while ships out in the Atlantic, storm-tossed & heading for Rockall, have barometers falling rapidly towards 942mbs(very low).
All this means plenty of weather & indeed every sea area (except1) around Britain has gale(8) to violent storm(11) warnings. Met. men will be lucky to get a cuppa today!!
FOR DRUMOCHTER WEBCAM AND PITLOCHRY UPDATES---SCROLL DOWN All this means plenty of weather & indeed every sea area (except1) around Britain has gale(8) to violent storm(11) warnings. Met. men will be lucky to get a cuppa today!!
TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY
A dry start, with temperatures near 3. The first signs of light rain are expected by late morning & then it's well & truly down-hill. As rainfall starts to become heavier, then is the risk that it will turn to sleet or snow. Land above 300 to 400ms may well get 6 hours or so of heavy snow with several inches accumulating (I will set up an image of the Drumochter summit webcam, which should update).
200 to 300ms altitude is problematic, but I suspect there will be a couple of hours of wettish snow with some accumulation, still around on Saturday. At town level, some temporary sleet or wet snow seems probable, with some slush surviving. Winds SE force 4 or 5 T temperature between 1 & 3 for the next 24hrs.
WEEKEND---Still very unsettled, especially on Saturday, when it will also be windy with some snow still likely. Remaining cold, though frost unlikely because of cloud & wind.
More than enough from me!!----JANUARY REVIEW OVER WEEKEND
| Temperature at obs. time today 0830hrs | 3.2 |
| Maximum temperature (last 24hrs) | 3.2 |
| Minimum temperature (last 24hrs) | 1.1 |
| Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs) | 0.2 |
| Rainfall total (last 24hrs) | 0.5mms |
| Barometer at observation time today | 997mbs |
| Wind at observation time today | E3 |
| This month’s highest temperature to date | 9.2 |
| This month’s lowest temperature to date | -4.0 |
| This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date | 30.4mms |
| THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE | 221.7mms |
AVERAGES & EXTREMES for PITLOCHRY in JANUARY UPDATE BELOW
| Avg. max. temperature | 5.3 | Long term avg. rainfall | 109mms |
| Avg min. temperature | -0.9 | Wettest month | 273mms |
| Record high temperature | 13.7 | Driest month | 11mms |
| Record low temperature | -19.6 |
Slight rain now on (12noon). Temperature almost +4. All precipitation round & about is light & patchy.
Heavier precipitation probably starting between 2&3pm. This should pull temperatures down & increases likelihood of sleet or snow. Drumochter webcam is below & keeps updating, so invaluable for anyone planning a journey north up A9. This will be left on, but heavy snow could block up the camera (though it is facing north & wind is SE). Have a pleasant weekend despite the weather. Barry (1220 FRI 31st)
PERTH & DUNDEE are expected to have RAIN only
1300hrs---sleet at 150ms (temp now 2.7) Snowing on Drumochter (see below)
1430---Soon after Kinnaird (road to Kirkmichael)---snowing & starting to settle---so currently, SNOWING ABOVE
250ms (800ft). Temp at 140ms now 1.7 degrees
RISK OF A LIGHT SNOW COVER BY MORNING, AS WELL AS SNOW FALLING (2130 31/01).
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