The Weather Thread 2023

[scaryclaireyfairy]

I bought new Glasto wellies in 2017. I haul them onto site every year but they've never been needed. My head is saying if I don't leave them at home, I should leave them in the car. My heart says they're a good weather talisman and I should make the sacrifice for the greater good.

[Glasto Weatherwatch]

3 minutes ago, gooner1990 said:

My first one!

it also lashed it down Sunday early evening!

managed to pitch up Weds early evening in Top Webbs Ash - no chance of doing that these days! 😄 

I arrived Thursday lunch and camped in Pennards!

[Dylan9696]

48 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Dreading it is pretty strong, but my enthusiasm is pretty much gone for the weekend.

I am gunna sign off from here now as reading this over and over is not going to make things better. I am determined to enjoy myself & replying to every comment isnt going to help.

Thanks to @Sheffield Steve @Alvoram & @briddj for their updates. Even though I havent seemed as appreciative as others have!

I hope everyone has a top week.

Look after yourself, and each other

See you in the desert!

 

 

If you’re gonna be negative like this please just don’t come! Loser!

[scaryclaireyfairy]

2 minutes ago, Dylan9696 said:

If you’re gonna be negative like this please just don’t come! Loser!

You joined up just to say that? Is this that yappy Jim chap again? How quaint.

[gooner1990]

4 minutes ago, Glasto Weatherwatch said:

I arrived Thursday lunch and camped in Pennards!

Was 2009/10 ish it started getting silly with the arriving early.

I bumped into someone I know on Saturday down my local who always goes to the festival, were chatting about it and she said to me always leaves early sunday evening/post headliners if something big she wants to see.....but is always there early as anything tues night. 

There seems more of an emphasis on arriving as early as possible now, but then people run out of steam by Sunday and can't see it through.

[Glasto Weatherwatch]

1 minute ago, gooner1990 said:

Was 2009/10 ish it started getting silly with the arriving early.

I bumped into someone I know on Saturday down my local who always goes to the festival, were chatting about it and she said to me always leaves early sunday evening/post headliners if something big she wants to see.....but is always there early as anything tues night. 

There seems more of an emphasis on arriving as early as possible now, but then people run out of steam by Sunday and can't see it through.

Same. I know plenty of people who do the queue and go Sunday pm. Have never understood it.

[Guest]

Another heavy shower. Puddles in the road.

[Alvoram]

15 minutes ago, Glasto Weatherwatch said:

If it was an inch, worst case, we'll probably be saved by the fact that gates aren't open to large numbers to churn anything up.

An inch probably means localized small areas of flooding / large puddles in market areas etc. Probably changed to areas of sticky mud by Weds, flattened springy mud by Thurs. All field areas (stages etc) fine. 

Recall start of 2004 being like this. Awful Weds (but far fewer people came then), puddles / no go areas under hot sun Thursday, Friday = as if it never happened. Obviously then rained overnight into Sat lunchtime and ruined the site but that's not on the cards here. 

We had 38.1 mm of rain here yesterday, and it didn’t stop until after midnight, so no ‘real’ drying time since then.

Ground is still hard, no standing water, it’s absorbed it all, mud still very firm and even a little cracked. But with a slight ‘wet look’ like a 90’s boy band.

see pic

 

Hopefully the site will have both less rain, and more drying time. 

It will be absolutely fine 🙂 

[Jacko45]

Let's be honest, it's been dry for 3/4 weeks. 

It'd have to be 2 day of biblical rain to make any impact across the site surely now? 

[gooner1990]

9 minutes ago, Glasto Weatherwatch said:

Same. I know plenty of people who do the queue and go Sunday pm. Have never understood it.

To me if I started to feel like I needed to do that I would just start turning up Thurs AM and then see it through to Monday!

[Jacko45]

Met Office have stuck to their guns on this forecast since Friday now. 

Could be a little bit uncomfortable for us Tuesday crew, but nothing hideous then it's all systems go.

 

[Justcalledtosay]

DRINK IT IN!!!

[stuartbert two hats]

38 minutes ago, Glasto Weatherwatch said:

2017: 45 mins of drizzle Sat am (possibly some overnight)

2019: Dry

2022: Hour of light rain Friday teatime

 

All of these count as dry for my money. If you can wear trainers and sit down 100% of the time = dry. 

Yeah, I remember seeing dusty ground in 2017 during and as the drizzle finished. It wasn't precipitation free, but it was dry.

[2019]

53 minutes ago, Thunderstruck said:

What app are you using? 

I use the paid version of windy.app

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.windyapp.android

 

 

Edited June 19, 2023 by 2019
Added URL

[chazwwe]

29 minutes ago, Dylan9696 said:

If you’re gonna be negative like this please just don’t come! Loser!

What a strange first comment. Clearly in the spirit. 

[Henrik]

42 minutes ago, Dylan9696 said:

If you’re gonna be negative like this please just don’t come! Loser!

Welcome to eFestivals, Dylan. You'll fit right in here. 

[Radicles]

The forecast even this morning had it to be dry today and it’s been raining for the last 30 mins. Absolutely useless!

 

Rain clearing, warm temperatures, ground could lap this up all day, nothing to worry about.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, Radicles said:

The forecast even this morning had it to be dry today and it’s been raining for the last 30 mins. Absolutely useless!

 

Rain clearing, warm temperatures, ground could lap this up all day, nothing to worry about.

The Met Office predicted rain.

[stopwn1981]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

The Met Office predicted rain.

Half an hour before 

[fightoffyour]

1 hour ago, Glasto Weatherwatch said:

2017: 45 mins of drizzle Sat am (possibly some overnight)

2019: Dry

2022: Hour of light rain Friday teatime

 

All of these count as dry for my money. If you can wear trainers and sit down 100% of the time = dry. 

This must've been between GiR and Phoebe Bridgers on JP? I bet the latrer caused more precipitation in tears than any rain outside.

 

1 hour ago, stopwn1981 said:

Also those weather channel nonces have started shitting the bed about the weekend. 

Too hot?

Edited June 19, 2023 by fightoffyour

[squirrelarmy]

2 hours ago, nikkic said:

I haven’t worn wellies at a festival since 2015.

Dream stuff. 

I designed and painted some epic wellies for the 2017 festival. They’ve stayed dry since. 

[DYRTFT]

1 minute ago, fightoffyour said:

This must've been between GiR and Phoebe Bridgers on JP? I bet the latrer caused more precipitation in tears than any rain outside.

 

Too hot?

They’re mainly concerned about the longer term ECM. But they’ve since said that the operational run was an unsettled outlier. 

[mufcok]

1 hour ago, scaryclaireyfairy said:

I bought new Glasto wellies in 2017. I haul them onto site every year but they've never been needed. My head is saying if I don't leave them at home, I should leave them in the car. My heart says they're a good weather talisman and I should make the sacrifice for the greater good.

I take mine every year, regardless of the forecast. The climate there is unique, and it can change in a heartbeat

[fightoffyour]

2 hours ago, El Weirdo said:

Hey!

[Glasto Weatherwatch]

6 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

This must've been between GiR and Phoebe Bridgers on JP? I bet the latrer caused more precipitation in tears than any rain outside.

 

 

Ha - think it was Sigrid and Phoebe in JP because I watched both back to back. Then left the tent and realized rain was over.