Weather 2016

[st dan]

Now for the real question ... What is replacing the Phil Jones-ometer this year? 

[Keithy]

5 minutes ago, st dan said:

Now for the real question ... What is replacing the Phil Jones-ometer this year? 

I was thinking in honour of the EU Ref, Faces Of Michael Gove....there are some crackers..

It's sunny!!

Edited April 20, 2016 by Keithy

[Keithy]

It's rain...

[Keithy]

It's looking a bit unsettled...

 

[Titters]

I hear that Gove has suggested that bad weather at Glasto is a direct result of Britain's ongoing membership of the EU. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 hour ago, DeanoL said:

It was unpleasant, but worth bearing in mind that the drainage has been improved loads since then, so theoretically a repeat of that isn't possible. 

They're also better equipped to deal with it in other ways, too. 2014 and 2015, as soon as the heavens opend they had diggers shovelling wood chippings down anywhere that looked like it might turn into a problem spot.

[ICGenie]

2 hours ago, joshii87 said:

Can anyone who was at the 2007 festival fill me in on what it was like living through it?

I'm content with the odd downpour (like last year), but not sure I can cope with relentless and constant rain every day and night.

As you've probably noticed, that question is akin to asking veterans what it was like in 'Nam...

It was my first.  I have few memories except the rain.  I think I can remember seeing two acts, Captain (the first on the old Queen's Head) and The Who.  Everything in between is a blur of grey.

[Tigerdragon]

2 hours ago, Titters said:

I hear that Gove has suggested that bad weather at Glasto is a direct result of Britain's ongoing membership of the EU. 

We'll know our fate when the referendum result makes its way to Glastonbury then

 

[MilkyJoe]

On 14 March 2016 at 6:05 PM, TomViolence said:

What are the tried and trusted sites for forecasts?

Sunday 19th June, 7pm - Countryfile!

'There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing' - Ranulph Fiennes

that said, I'll gladly have a repeat of 2010...

[Mezhyp1]

6 hours ago, MilkyJoe said:

Sunday 19th June, 7pm - Countryfile!

'There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing' - Ranulph Fiennes

that said, I'll gladly have a repeat of 2010...

It's a bloody nervous wait for that countryfile weather forecast 

[MilkyJoe]

8 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

It's a bloody nervous wait for that countryfile weather forecast 

Yes it is... Until then we have this thread!

[JoeyT]

JackOne or J10 as he's now known will start posting around a month before as shown below.

https://www.netweather.tv/forum/topic/83119-glastonbury-festival-24th-28th-june-2015/

Pedmills produces a handy chart which incorporates the predicted rainfall from a number of weather websites (don't remember when he starts this however)

In between times we all try to decipher weather charts we realistically have no idea about.

Welcome to the weather thread.

Edited April 21, 2016 by JoeyT

[Titters]

On 11/04/2016 at 0:40 PM, stuartbert two hats said:

I've finally, totally given up on the weather reports.  Unless it predicts proper wall-to-wall sunshine on the Wednesday for the rest of the weekend, with a really, really firmly entrenched high(or low) over Somerset and most of the country, it's totally up for grabs. 

I just went on holiday to Brighton for a few days.  Said it would rain the next day for a few hours.  It didn't rain at all. Normal weather, innit?

 

An acquaintance of mine recently went on a rant - he'd been caught in the rain on his bike after the BBC said there was a slight chance of showers. 

 

I pointed out that the BBC had been totally correct in their forecast, to which he replied "A SLIGHT chance!!"

[Lizzim]

17 minutes ago, Titters said:

 

I pointed out that the BBC had been totally correct in their forecast, to which he replied "A SLIGHT chance!!"

Wrong place,  wrong time. I have seen it raining on one side of our office when it was sunny on the other. 

[The Nal]

1 hour ago, JoeyT said:

JackOne or J10 as he's now known will start posting around a month before as shown below.

He'll have to escape first. Hes in Broadmoor after they found a bus load of partially eaten school children buried in his garden.

Edited April 21, 2016 by The Nal

[MoilyX]

17 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

The thing about 2007 is it really could have been worse.  Only on Sunday did it keep raining all the way through the night continually. On the other days, it cleared up for the subs+headliners.  

For those who went in 2014, but not 2007, imagine the shower in 2014 that closed the stages.  Well each shower was almost that bad, but it happened 3 or 4 times a day, every day until the evening when it did tend to dry out for a bit.  Apart from the aforementioned Sunday when it just pissed it down continually.

Yeah, Sunday was as miserable as hell.  The only day I've known where you actually wish you were somewhere else other than the Greatest Place on Earth.

Friday and Saturday were ok in the main part, though. The rain wasn't as heavy as the 2014 downpours and it cleared up on those days by mid afternoon. It was just the conditions underfoot that made it hard going. 

As noted though, the drainage is much improved and the recent plan of spreading wood chippings around the worst areas seems to have helped. 2014 held up really well in those downpours, I thought.

[The Nal]

If it rains for a few days straight the site is fucked. A bit of drainage and some straw won't change that.

We're due a mudbath.

[JoeyT]

Let the games begin...

 

[The Nal]

Another person who needs to be locked up wearing a Hannibal Lecter mask and monitored 24/7, like JackOne. 

[guypjfreak]

im really hoping for a sunny one ...i find getting around pritty painful in the M.. also everyones alot happier imo

[gaxsa]

I'm going to predict a major mud bath, only because I'm never right

[djdavejohnson]

I'm a bit torn here. I really do want it to be sunny and warm, however if that isn't going to happen then I kinda hope it rains quite bad. For the first time this year I almost missed out on tickets in the resale (after getting them in the general sales in previous years). I want demand to reduce drastically. I don't want to go through that again.

[zico martin]

what was the weather like last year?  I didnt go in 2015 so tried to block as much of it out as I could.  

[djdavejohnson]

3 minutes ago, zico martin said:

what was the weather like last year?  I didnt go in 2015 so tried to block as much of it out as I could.  

It was fine on the whole. Bit of a downpour on Friday afternoon but nothing major.

[shuttlep]

if I was given a choice I would take the weather report as it is now.

 

last year was a good one, Friday it rained but then stopped after a few hours Mary J was a wash out 

 

dried up quite fast