Weather 2016

[Michaels denim shorts]

Dear people actually asking for rain..

what's wrong with you?

[sime]

Just now, Michaels denim shorts said:

Dear people actually asking for rain..

what's wrong with you?

I get hay fever. So I find the festival hard work if it is 5 days of blazing sunshine. A light shower every now and again helps keep the hay fever away. I find really hot temperatures quite oppressive. Having said that, I hope it's sunny all day on the Thursday as that's my naked day up at Lost Horizons

[Ommadawn]

Just wait for Jackone (J1?) forecast and then completely ignore it and you'll get a true picture.

[ICGenie]

5 minutes ago, sime said:

I get hay fever. So I find the festival hard work if it is 5 days of blazing sunshine. A light shower every now and again helps keep the hay fever away. I find really hot temperatures quite oppressive. Having said that, I hope it's sunny all day on the Thursday as that's my naked day up at Lost Horizons

I get hayfever.  I actually find a little light rain makes it worse.

Rain.  Just say no kids.

[Michaels denim shorts]

Just now, sime said:

I get hay fever. So I find the festival hard work if it is 5 days of blazing sunshine. A light shower every now and again helps keep the hay fever away. I find really hot temperatures quite oppressive. Having said that, I hope it's sunny all day on the Thursday as that's my naked day up at Lost Horizons

I suffer from gingerbearditus and obviously burn at even the slightest sun, - I have been burnt once this year already, in March. But NFR, a dry festival is better every time 

[H.M.V]

Left last year with sun stroke and blisters and I'm ginger. I still want wall to wall sunshine. I will make sure to buy better sun cream and get a bigger hat this year. Let the glorious sun shine all weekend! 

[sime]

5 minutes ago, ICGenie said:

I get hayfever.  I actually find a little light rain makes it worse.

Rain.  Just say no kids.

I'm the exact opposite to you. I always feel more relaxed if there is the odd shower if it's a hot Glastonbury. Too much blazing hot sun runs me down.

[Untz]

There's no need to ask for rain to "keep the dust down" as they spray water on the paths during dry spells to do exactly that.

Ask for a light shower and you're just as likely to get a storm during your favourite act on an outside stage when your coat is on the other side of the site.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Perhaps not walking round naked will help keep some of the sun off.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, Untz said:

There's no need to ask for rain to "keep the dust down" as they spray water on the paths during dry spells to do exactly that.

I remember waking up one morning with a river of dust rolling right through my tent.  Wouldn't have happened in a rainy year.

[sime]

40 minutes ago, Untz said:

There's no need to ask for rain to "keep the dust down" as they spray water on the paths during dry spells to do exactly that.

Ask for a light shower and you're just as likely to get a storm during your favourite act on an outside stage when your coat is on the other side of the site

It's impossible to ask for weather. It just happens.

Even with the paths being sprayed, I have still found it very uncomfortable if there is nothing but full on sun for 5 days.

[sime]

42 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Perhaps not walking round naked will help keep some of the sun off.

I don't walk around naked. The days of having that freedom are long gone from the festival. Which is a shame as being naked on a boiling hot day really helps to deal with it. Only place I'll be naked all day is at the Lost Horizons sauna area on Thursday.

[CaledonianGonzo]

I've seen naked folk in recent years.

But, no, a collared shirt, long sleeves and a hat are better prophylaxis against sun damage than striding about in the scud.

[sime]

There may be the odd lone wolf going around nude and I still do up in the ti-pi area but it's definitely not like it was in the old days when I and plenty of others used to happily nude up all over the place.

If I am nude in the sun I am more comfortable. But clothed or not, my hay fever still goes off really bad down at the farm if I don't get a break from constant sun. Don't get me wrong, I prefer a dry Glastonbury. But if it's a lovely hot and sunny one, I do like things to dampen down a bit with a light shower to refresh everything. Preferably at night obviously.

 

[Wow-wys-buzzing]

NFR..NFC I am feeling good, you know your week is going to be buzzing with sun like this on a Monday morning. And I have a feeling that this sun will carry on till Glastonbury 2016!!

 

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, sime said:

It's impossible to ask for weather. It just happens.

Even with the paths being sprayed, I have still found it very uncomfortable if there is nothing but full on sun for 5 days.

I was going to point that out. Saying you want a small shower at 8 in the morning isn't like asking for 'a touch of Mayo' in a sandwich shop and getting your butty smothered - weather just happens. There aren't weather gods listening to what we're asking for and getting it a little bit wrong!

[Smeble]

2 hours ago, Untz said:

There's no need to ask for rain to "keep the dust down" as they spray water on the paths during dry spells to do exactly that.

Ask for a light shower and you're just as likely to get a storm during your favourite act on an outside stage when your coat is on the other side of the site.

I bet water aid are thrilled with that use of water!

[CaledonianGonzo]

Yeah....Water Aid's goals aren't really to do with UK water conservation.

[Untz]

2 hours ago, sime said:

It's impossible to ask for weather. It just happens.

The clouds have ears, didn't you know? 

(I know you can't ask for weather, but what is the weather thread without a touch of hysteria?)

1 hour ago, Smeble said:

I bet water aid are thrilled with that use of water!

Whereas the use of wood chips and straw in muddy years is completely waste free. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Mind though in dry years you need to make sure your tent is pitched correctly and there's nothing touching the flysheet in case the dust starts leaking in the roof.

[Smeble]

2 hours ago, thatcrazypenguin said:

It's not going to be drinkable water so I wouldn't see the issue.....

oh that's ok then!

[Smeble]

2 hours ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Yeah....Water Aid's goals aren't really to do with UK water conservation.

Bit difficult for them to educate people on the necessity of not wasting water when the festival are doing just that because of a bit of dust.

[CaledonianGonzo]

In that case they probably shouldn't hand out free water at their stall, either.

[dannygrif]

I feel like there should be a weather-related Thingy so I can frantically hunt out potential links and fool myself into thinking there will be any patterns to the weather we'll get this year. Has it already been done? 

[Brave Sir Robin]

58 minutes ago, dannygrif said:

I feel like there should be a weather-related Thingy so I can frantically hunt out potential links and fool myself into thinking there will be any patterns to the weather we'll get this year. Has it already been done? 

There was a chart on here last year (?) of predicted rainfall on various websites vs actual rainfall for the past few years. That's about as close to a Weather Thingy as we've had I think.