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.
MARCH 2014 SUMMARY
My first thoughts as we move into April are "Has the area ever had such an easy winter as this one has been?" I have no long-term records of frost or snow details for Pitlochry but perhaps a local reader who has seen several decades of Pitlochry winters can enlighten me.All I know is that my snow-pusher has not been used this winter!
March was considerably less unsettled than January & February, with only 71mms of rain (87%). The greatest 24hr fall was 19.7mms on the 20th. Temperatures ranged from a low of -5.8 to a high of 14.5, with no records broken.
Some of the days in the final week, under the influence of high pressure & E winds, well- illustrated that Pitlochry is a little too near the East Coast for comfort, though accurate forecasting on such days is difficult.
Yesterday was an excellent example, with vastly different conditions within a few miles.
Finally, just a mention of the Cairngorms, where all our rain fell as snow. Some depths were measured in metres & the skiing industry seems delighted.
My first thoughts as we move into April are "Has the area ever had such an easy winter as this one has been?" I have no long-term records of frost or snow details for Pitlochry but perhaps a local reader who has seen several decades of Pitlochry winters can enlighten me.All I know is that my snow-pusher has not been used this winter!
March was considerably less unsettled than January & February, with only 71mms of rain (87%). The greatest 24hr fall was 19.7mms on the 20th. Temperatures ranged from a low of -5.8 to a high of 14.5, with no records broken.
Some of the days in the final week, under the influence of high pressure & E winds, well- illustrated that Pitlochry is a little too near the East Coast for comfort, though accurate forecasting on such days is difficult.
Yesterday was an excellent example, with vastly different conditions within a few miles.
Finally, just a mention of the Cairngorms, where all our rain fell as snow. Some depths were measured in metres & the skiing industry seems delighted.
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