TUES 12th AUG 2014

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.

A few photos of the Tummel yesterday afternoon can be found by paging down. It would appear that Lossiemouth was probably the wettest spot in Britain yesterday, chalking up a massive total  of close on 5 inches of rain. I suspect that the rise in the level of the Tummel was more to do with rainfall amounts in the catchment area than the 38mms recorded in Pitlochry itself.

TODAY'S FORECAST FOR PITLOCHRY

Only small amounts of rain still to fall today,(mostly this morning), as " Bertha" moves away, though temperatures will remain well below the August average, & cloudy skies tend to predominate.  Scotrail services as well as the East Coast service to King's Cross are still cancelled, with flooding problems around Kingussie. Expect replacement buses.

The OUTLOOK promises drier conditions, though still rather cloudy at times with below-normal temperatures. 

Tomorrow may be about the best we get in the next few days.

Temperature at obs. time today 0900	12.4
Maximum temperature (last 24hrs)	12.4
Minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	10.5
Grass minimum temperature (last 24hrs)	9.8
Rainfall total (last 24hrs)	12.6mm
Barometer at observation time today	992mb
Wind at observation time today	NW2
This month’s highest temperature to date	21.7
This month’s lowest temperature to date	4.1
This month’s highest 24hr rainfall total to date	38.1mm
THIS MONTH'S TOTAL RAINFALL TO DATE	92.8mm

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