How is the ground on site ? ;-)

[Ed90]

Suspect this thread is about to hit the big time

[deebeedoobee]

18th June

T-4

The current weather and ground conditions in Pilton are :
*  HFH records 20.7 degrees at 0914 with humidity at 87%. Consequent tent conditions - grey and overcast, fog dispersed, but that may be the mandy.

* RAM jam jar is currently dry. Todays duckometer reading is 0.0 mm, no rain for the last 9 days. Duckies have checked @secretglasto.

* Diver has condensed 4 gazillion pages of science into the truth.

* The crowd is building. 

* Current wind condition - gentle breeze.  Miss Pat is currently reading Zanetec. Mid level stratus 8 okta.

*  Following rumours, The Twig ( formerly known as sticky stick) thinks his job may be reinstated over the weekend. Likely to be bollox. Ground condition is Chuck Norris with a titanium gilet.

* Arlo presents Bob the duck. Available as NFT , 50k min.

[plot2pot]

2 minutes ago, deebeedoobee said:

 

18th June

T-4

The current weather and ground conditions in Pilton are :
*  HFH records 20.7 degrees at 0914 with humidity at 87%. Consequent tent conditions - grey and overcast, fog dispersed, but that may be the mandy.

* RAM jam jar is currently dry. Todays duckometer reading is 0.0 mm, no rain for the last 9 days. Duckies have checked @secretglasto.

* Diver has condensed 4 gazillion pages of science into the truth.

* The crowd is building. 

* Current wind condition - gentle breeze.  Miss Pat is currently reading Zanetec. Mid level stratus 8 okta.

*  Following rumours, The Twig ( formerly known as sticky stick) thinks his job may be reinstated over the weekend. Likely to be bollox. Ground condition is Chuck Norris with a titanium gilet.

* Arlo presents Bob the duck. Available as NFT , 50k min.

Here's hoping for a long and happy retirement for The Twig!

[paulshane]

3 hours ago, Tranquility of Solitude said:

Can’t wait to see what @deebeedoobee, the duck and the diver make of the fog this morning. Sincerely hope Arlo  has some grey crayons.

I'm in WSM, and the fog was quite nice, as fog goes 🙂

 

I did a 'trial run' for the solstice sunrise on Tuesday - this is from Sand Bay looking towards the Severn Bridge this morning at 4:55AM:

 

Hopefully I'll see the sun rise properly on Tuesday

[CaledonianGonzo]

Real nervous hours at the minute.

[pilton digger]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Real nervous hours at the minute.

No need. It will be ok. Ignore the other thread.

[tarw]

1 hour ago, deebeedoobee said:

 

18th June

T-4

The current weather and ground conditions in Pilton are :
*  HFH records 20.7 degrees at 0914 with humidity at 87%. Consequent tent conditions - grey and overcast, fog dispersed, but that may be the mandy.

* RAM jam jar is currently dry. Todays duckometer reading is 0.0 mm, no rain for the last 9 days. Duckies have checked @secretglasto.

* Diver has condensed 4 gazillion pages of science into the truth.

* The crowd is building. 

* Current wind condition - gentle breeze.  Miss Pat is currently reading Zanetec. Mid level stratus 8 okta.

*  Following rumours, The Twig ( formerly known as sticky stick) thinks his job may be reinstated over the weekend. Likely to be bollox. Ground condition is Chuck Norris with a titanium gilet.

* Arlo presents Bob the duck. Available as NFT , 50k min.

Thanks Dee. Wonderful update yet again. Can Arlo have his own account so that we can upvote him ?

[gigpusher]

On 6/16/2022 at 10:35 AM, pilton digger said:

(aside from the fact I think the weather thread is all balls and sensationalist tripe) I tend to go with the BBC forecast for Pilton which is usually accurate, we may get some light rain, we may not.  The site is dry dry dry, they are spraying the tracks to keep the dust down but it has limited short term effect. Any rain will be likely to make the top damp and will soon feck off. I dug a hole yesterday in the garden and the soil was dry granules for 18 inches down.

The 2016 downpour was exceptional, I don't expect any downpours this weekend. That doesn't stop drama queening alles uber the platz.  Whatever happens there will be weather.  The sentiment has to be as always, deal with it.

💯 as it’s Britain in June any type of weather is possible but the ground is dry enough that I can’t see any form of shitshow happening. As always packing for heat and rain but expecting mostly good old British meh! 

[marktea]

Am on site now and the couple of short showers today have done nothing at all to the ground, which is still bone dry with cracks. Even the grass has dried off within about 30 mins of each shower. This photo is typical of the ground conditions on site and was taken near the Glade a couple of hours ago. So far everything is fine 👍

[TiZuff]

2 minutes ago, marktea said:

Am on site now and the couple of short showers today have done nothing at all to the ground, which is still bone dry with cracks. Even the grass has dried off within about 30 mins of each shower. This photo is typical of the ground conditions on site and was taken near the Glade a couple of hours ago. So far everything is fine 👍

something there for the leg spinners id say.

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 minutes ago, marktea said:

Am on site now and the couple of short showers today have done nothing at all to the ground, which is still bone dry with cracks. Even the grass has dried off within about 30 mins of each shower. This photo is typical of the ground conditions on site and was taken near the Glade a couple of hours ago. So far everything is fine 👍

Beautiful. Long may it continue.

[nikkic]

1 hour ago, marktea said:

Am on site now and the couple of short showers today have done nothing at all to the ground, which is still bone dry with cracks. Even the grass has dried off within about 30 mins of each shower. This photo is typical of the ground conditions on site and was taken near the Glade a couple of hours ago. So far everything is fine 👍

You love to see it. 

[deebeedoobee]

4 hours ago, tarw said:

Thanks Dee. Wonderful update yet again. Can Arlo have his own account so that we can upvote him ?

There's no way I'm letting a 4 year old see the dark and derranged on here. Bless him, let him have a childhood before we show him what the world is really like 😄 

Besides he can be easily pleased with chocolate or ice cream.

[Quark]

1 hour ago, deebeedoobee said:

There's no way I'm letting a 4 year old see the dark and derranged on here. Bless him, let him have a childhood before we show him what the world is really like 😄 

Besides he can be easily pleased with chocolate or ice cream.

What a thought. Arlo looks up thoughtfully from his iPad. "Nanny*" he says, "are Foals really bigger than the 1975?"

Followed by "I don't think I like The Nal."

*this is a guess and may or may not be correct.

[CaledonianGonzo]

How are we doing guys?

[deebeedoobee]

43 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

How are we doing guys?

Its breezy. Has the look of rain but only had a few spits and spots type thing going on.  Hanky on head would have sufficed. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Wicked. Thank you. Long may it continue.

[stuartbert two hats]

I'm... curious how the next report will pan out.

[Glastonlocal]

Everything is going to be ok.

[stuartbert two hats]

6 minutes ago, Glastonlocal said:

Everything is going to be ok.

I agree. This doesn't seem like it's going to cause anything like a mudbath.

[deebeedoobee]

24 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Wicked. Thank you. Long may it continue.

It’s proper p*sing it down now!

[T-Mouse]

Can anyone confirm if it really feels like it'd 3 degrees?

[deebeedoobee]

6 minutes ago, T-Mouse said:

Can anyone confirm if it really feels like it'd 3 degrees?

Errr no. No way. It’s very windy and wet. Proper looks nasty, but we’re not talking freezing your gonads off! I would put a hoodie on under my pac-a-Mac mind.

[steviewevie]

22 minutes ago, T-Mouse said:

Can anyone confirm if it really feels like it'd 3 degrees?

how do they measure/calculate the feels like temperature?

[pilton digger]

3 minutes ago, steviewevie said:

how do they measure/calculate the feels like temperature?

As it looks like a Metcheck thing, they probably make it up.

In reality there is a calculation of windspeed that lops a bit off the temp per knot. It is usually done as bare dry skin not what is feels like inside your skiddies.