Prepare for HEATWAVE - UK told !

[DaveMac]

Looks like we are potentially in for a hot summer folks according to this BBC news item *HERE*

Lets hope it starts Glastonbury week eh

Forget the wellies - it's apparently going to be a scorcher !

Buy your suncream/block etc now before the prices go up !

[emmmmma]

This news is ace. That article is a bit strange though, will people really paint their houses white just in case it gets hot?!

[mouth]

This news is ace. That article is a bit strange though, will people really paint their houses white just in case it gets hot?!

[LusciousLucy]

That word makes me laugh these days...but this does happen when you've been languishing in temperatures that have not been below 18'c and averaging around 26'c for the past 9 months!

The two for one suncream deals will happen 2 weeks before Glasto. It has been this way for the past 7 years at least at Boots, Tosco's and all other stupidmarkets.

[septemberwillow]

The two for one suncream deals will happen 2 weeks before Glasto. It has been this way for the past 7 years at least at Boots, Tosco's and all other stupidmarkets.

[chuckley]

ill still be wearing my wellies regardless, and i doubt very much it will be a scorcher. i dont think there will be a flood downpour tho, but scorcher?? i cant see it.

[nickoo]

this is england remember, weather men are as bad as politics

[Mr Ploppy]

Listened to a podcast last night and the US & Aus callers all seemed to think England was constantly raining.

Dunno what made me remember this, but Jean Michel Jarre did a gig at London Docklands and it was LASHING DOWN. Check out Hank Marvin exclaiming at the beginning "this is not wet, this is England" and then the disgust on Jarres face as if to say 'I wish I was doing this gig in sunnier climates'.

Anyway, excited about this new beeb report although there was an article about 4 or 5 weeks ago that said the same thing... hopefully this current lousy weather means the good stuff is waiting for us towards the end of June!

MrPloppy

(EDIT)

Had forgot just how cool this clip is... check out the choir in life-jackets... check out Jarres complete lack of rhythm, check out Nigel Mansell on drums... Classic!

Edited May 19, 2009 by Mr Ploppy

[Pilton]

Boots have got BOGOF on sun cream now - all types, I think.

[Madalien]

I really hope we do have a heatwave, it just doesn't seem likely. Think we are definitley due a suuny Glasto though!

[rockstar1967uk]

Did you need wellies at last years Glasto or was it not really that muddy?

[sammysundae]

would be really nice. i went away over easter and got horribly sunburnt (no complaints tho) so i'm all ready to dance around in just a pair of shorts all weekend like a crazed loon.

here's hoping. i have been pretty lucky for weather at festivals in the past. it pissed it down last year at latitude during the last headliner and for the last night. really killed the atmosphere. and whe i arrived at my first reading i got absolutely soaked as soon as i got there. i thought "oh here we go", but in the end the weather was awesome all weekend, within a day and a half the sloppy mud was scorched ground.

thats how i see glasto this year.

[Pilton]

Did you need wellies at last years Glasto or was it not really that muddy?

[scudetto_boy]

I'll be happy if it doesn't rain but i'd love a warm one this year

[sidthecat]

We're due a blinder - God knows we've waited long enough for a decent summer. I won't hold my breath though.....

[Joshuwarr]

I'd much rather have last years weather than a heatwave!

[glasto_mongrel_2008]

I've lost what little faith I had in weather forecasts this weekend. Where was the tornado warning?

[Pear_Cider]

Quote:

"The Met Office says it is too early to tell whether it will be a very hot summer this year, but the signs so far are that it will be warmer than our last two summers..."

That shouldn't be too difficult

[Graylor]

Just read the article and nowhere does it say we will have a heatwave...All it says is that temperatures will be warmer than the last 2 years and could include a heatwave.

Obviously this is all speculation and really means Fuc all.

[sammysundae]

Well i was down in the pub the other night talking to a bloke who's connected with the festival. i can;t say much but he pretty much confirmed that it was going to be sunny for the whole of the festival.

[Mr Ploppy]

Well i was down in the pub the other night talking to a bloke who's connected with the festival. i can;t say much but he pretty much confirmed that it was going to be sunny for the whole of the festival.

Edited May 19, 2009 by Mr Ploppy

[llcoolphil]

The Met Office says this

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/science/creati...009/summer.html

[alframsey]

this is england remember, weather men are as bad as politics

[megamossman1983]

anyone know why metcheck is still being silly, this time last year was checking it 20 times a day!

[scudetto_boy]

Sounds good