TUESDAY JULY 15th

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.

ST. SWITHUN'S DAY today----& you know what that means!!   ( The next 40 days will be just like today---( I WISH !!! )      I'd need to be plant-watering every single day & come to think of it
that means more work!!  You can't win 'em all when it comes to the weather!

TODAY'S WEATHER

A dry day with spells of sunshine, though always some cloud around, especially into the evening, as a new low pressure system approaches. Generally, however, a very pleasant day whatever you're doing, though if you are just sitting outside doing nothing, best have shelter from the W wind.

Highest temperature  19 or 20         Wind  W 3 or 4           Overnight---   cloudy & mild, lowest temp. 13

OUTLOOK----Much of the rest of the week is expected to be rather changeable, but mostly on the warm side.

                    There may be only little total rainfall & at present gardeners could do with a day with many hours of moderate rain. ( Heavy thundery downpours could do more harm than good )

Temperature at obs. time today 0900	15.5
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)	16.7
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	12.5
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	10.2
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)  NOT ENOUGH	3.2mm
Barometer at observation time today	1014mb
Wind at observation time today	W3
This month’s highest temperature to date	25.5
This month’s lowest temperature to date	5.5
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date	7.3mm
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE--50% defecit	15.2mm

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