The Weather Thread 2023

[The Nal]

Only 28 days out folks and heavy rain and thunderstorms due. Unsettled weather, low pressure. 

Fuck

 

[El Matador]

Both scorching sunshine and mud make the festival harder work. The difference with the sun is that is starts to disappear by the evening. 

Edited May 24, 2023 by El Matador

[Franky]

4 minutes ago, El Matador said:

Both scorching sunhine and mud make the festival harder work. The difference with the sun is that is starts to disappear by the evening. 

My god! Common sense !!!!!!!

[Franky]

4 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Only 28 days out folks and heavy rain and thunderstorms due. Unsettled weather, low pressure. 

Fuck

 

You are a master at what you do Sir lol

 

2010 All over again

[TheBoz]

2019 was tough but I'd take that over 2016 any day. 

NFR NFC. Keep the faith

[svphie]

2022 was pretty perfect from what I remember. I want that again! just maybe the scorcher day not to be on Wednesday

[nikkic]

If we’re after weather to suit everyone then I’d take last year in a heartbeat.

Trainers all festival, mostly sunny and decent temperatures.

[BambooShanks]

2 minutes ago, TheBoz said:

2019 was tough but I'd take that over 2016 any day.

Being able to sit on dry ground trumps everything else tbh.

[rwoo]

1 hour ago, Skip997 said:

Rain all weekend is a nightmare, a mud bath is hell.

Not everyone is in bed, the best time for light rain, IMO, is between 7am and 10am.

Sorry, by in bed I meant between 6am - 11am. Which I appreciate is probably not accurate for everyone. But yeah, I agree with your timings.

[PocketTim]

Accuweather has changed dramatically in the last 24 hours. All of the thunder set for glasto weekend that has been there for weeks, has now jumped to later in the month. Of course still way too early to be accurate, but something good to cling onto for those hoping for a dry one. Accuweather had a pretty good track record over the last few years.

[squirrelarmy]

I'm pretty sure we were calling it InAccuweather by the time the festival came around. Think they get most of their traffic from clickbait forecasting.

I'm definitely team Metcheck who currently have it at low 20s with a very light sprinkling of wet stuff on one day. 

Still far too early to pack bags based on the weather.

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

56 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Only 28 days out folks and heavy rain and thunderstorms due. Unsettled weather, low pressure. 

Fuck

 

Is this when Rudimental got pulled in 2014 because they thought the Pyramid was going to explode?

[fred quimby]

4 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Is this when Rudimental got pulled in 2014 because they thought the Pyramid was going to explode?

Shut down all major stages from memory.  

[sprocketrocket]

Thats right, shut down all major stages, got all the kids off the pirate ship in green kids incase it was struck by lightning 

[MEGATRONICMEATWAGON]

2 minutes ago, sprocketrocket said:

Thats right, shut down all major stages, got all the kids off the pirate ship in green kids incase it was struck by lightning 

Bet that looked amazing. The pirate ship and the lightning I mean, not because the kids were bricking it.

[Skip997]

19 minutes ago, MEGATRONICMEATWAGON said:

Is this when Rudimental got pulled in 2014 because they thought the Pyramid was going to explode?

The Cure continued playing through a lightning storm in 1986, really added to their set.

How times have changed.

[gorfield]

I am taking the kids this year and they are too big for prams now so praying its not a really muddy one - no idea how they will cope!! its hard work for me to walk all those miles in it - imagine what it will be like for a 5 year old. Doesn't bear thinking about.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

It's glorious in Somerset today. Not a cloud in the sky, gentle breeze, 20c. Perfect. I've gone from being concerned that the ground would dry in time, to worried we're peaking too soon 😄

[TiZuff]

you know its close when you see a post about crap weather, get that sinking feeling...

 

and then realise the nal got you again... for the 8th year in a row

[paulshane]

1 minute ago, TiZuff said:

you know its close when you see a post about crap weather, get that sinking feeling...

 

and then realise the nal got you again... for the 8th year in a row

I put them on ignore years ago, this thread is much better withoutn their shitposting 🙂

[Drinky]

The trend is 2007 adjacent at the moment with a hot May giving way to downward June momentum 

[Jacko45]

28 minutes ago, Drinky said:

The trend is 2007 adjacent at the moment with a hot May giving way to downward June momentum 

A hot May?

It's been nice for about 5 days and it's almost done. 

[squirrelarmy]

24 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

A hot May?

It's been nice for about 5 days and it's almost done. 

I know it's warm, someone needs to tell the ladies in my office that they can turn the heating off now.

[Ayrshire Chris]

5 hours ago, nikkic said:

If we’re after weather to suit everyone then I’d take last year in a heartbeat.

Trainers all festival, mostly sunny and decent temperatures.

Yes, I’d agree with that. Dry underfoot and you can at least double your wandering  around the fields. Also without rain and mud the feel good factor just spreads everywhere. 

[Sheffield Steve]

2 hours ago, Jacko45 said:

A hot May?

It's been nice for about 5 days and it's almost done. 

Every month this year has been warm or very warm, and May is well above average so far too…. Global warming at its finest… and June is expected to follow suit…