Weather 2017

[henry bear]

[CaledonianGonzo]

"Look at what you could have won"

[Sack truck]

I don't feel this year has been too rollercoastery. I think after last year we are all waiting on that horrible turn and are in the opposite state of denial we were this time last year

 

2016 ground was awful

2017 ground is awesome

2016 most seemed to have rain right up to opening then some over the weekend

2017 all have none up to festival and negligible amounts if any over the weekend

 

Shake and bake baby, shake and bake 

[Nobody Interesting]

Is rollercoastery a word or have the folks of tew weather thread created a cracking new word?

[Losing my hair]

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/gcn5n88mb#?date=2017-06-15

Met Office forecast now runs until Wednesday and the precipitation probability is generally less than 5% & no higher than 10%. I'm going to check out my heavy duty tent pegs.

[Sack truck]

Yes that and stuberts unrollercoastery are bonefide weather words now. In the book with Azores finger, anti cyclone etc etc

[Glasto Weatherwatch]

I don't trust this. It has thundery breakdown written all over it. 

2005 - good forecast the weekend before, inc Countryfile. Monday - showers start to appear in the runs. Tuesday / Wednesday - disagreement but some say heavy. By Thursday - forecasts (correctly) for armageddon. 

The Yr model, cooler with very little rain, is safer, and that's what I thought consensus was forming around. 

[Jackomanaco]

This is the only lightning we will see this year!

[Nutella Versace]

I'll go for that. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

9 minutes ago, Glasto Weatherwatch said:

I don't trust this. It has thundery breakdown written all over it. 

2005 - good forecast the weekend before, inc Countryfile. Monday - showers start to appear in the runs. Tuesday / Wednesday - disagreement but some say heavy. By Thursday - forecasts (correctly) for armageddon. 

The Yr model, cooler with very little rain, is safer, and that's what I thought consensus was forming around. 

IIRC there was also a thundery breakdown last year over the festival weekend but as it came up the way from France it hit kent and the home counties rather than the SW.

[not worthy]

[oneeye]

9 minutes ago, Glasto Weatherwatch said:

I don't trust this. It has thundery breakdown written all over it. 

2005 - good forecast the weekend before, inc Countryfile. Monday - showers start to appear in the runs. Tuesday / Wednesday - disagreement but some say heavy. By Thursday - forecasts (correctly) for armageddon. 

The Yr model, cooler with very little rain, is safer, and that's what I thought consensus was forming around. 

That was 12 years ago; forecast modelling (and accuracy, believe it or not) has hugely improved with technology,. It's going to be a dry and fine one, with just the odd threat of some light showers towards the later part of the festival; stick

 

[The60ftOctopus]

I've got my mallet at the ready.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, The60ftOctopus said:

I've got my mallet at the ready.

[not worthy]

1 minute ago, The60ftOctopus said:

I've got my mallet at the ready.

[not worthy]

Just now, CaledonianGonzo said:

not only did you beat me to it, you got a better picture too

[The60ftOctopus]

Maybe Timmy should be the new weather thread mascot. 

Rain:

[CaledonianGonzo]

Rain?  Stick out your tongue and go "Blaaaaah!"

[oneeye]

3 minutes ago, The60ftOctopus said:

I've got my mallet at the ready.

[Mr.Tease]

10 hours ago, fur_q said:

The soil is clay, mood soil will tend to have lots of tiny air pockets witch help the water to drain through the soil, Dry compacted clay will have amost non of these are pockets and so the water will not have have anywhere to go. 

I like the sound of this mood soil- where can we get some? 

[JoeyT]

3 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said:

I like the sound of this mood soil- where can we get some? 

Healing fields, obviously

 

[Mr.Tease]

45 minutes ago, Bubblecup said:

metcheck is looking pretty fine until sunday

Good, I never give a monkeys about the weather on Sunday! Yet annoyingly it's usually the best weather of the festival 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Not last year!

[JoeyT]

This is how I'm walking around work at the moment after everyone went on about how the weather was going to be shite.

[Earthwindandfire2205]

Pouring down here in Paignton Devon