WEATHER 2009 !

[Cooter]

crikey boys and girls, the temperatures are really hotting up now, prepare to get very sweaty. Metcheck, who surprisingly are normally quite consistent and conservative with temperatures but nothing else, have forecast mid 20's all the way through the fest. Jackone is forecasting mid to high 20's. The BBC mid 20's.

Bear in mind (and I think all forecaster are aware of this) that this weeks hot spell could easily climb to the low to mid 30's if conditions change for the even better!

[Glastonbury_2011]

There's still a chance of storms which i'm slightly worried about!

[neilt]

There's still a chance of storms which i'm slightly worried about!

[ministe2003]

You can all thank me for the hour I spent this afternoon waterproofing my hiking boots. On such futile acts are great weather deals done.

[Cooter]

I think with the amount of humidity storms are more or less gauranteed but panic ye not, theres no forecasts of persistent rain. Maybe a one or two 10 min thunder/lightning downpours but nothing more.

At present 2005 it isn't.

[jwmwow]

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp

CHECK THIS OUT, ITS OK COULD BE BETTER?

[Cooter]

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp

CHECK THIS OUT, ITS OK COULD BE BETTER?

[GEH007]

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/7days.asp

CHECK THIS OUT, ITS OK COULD BE BETTER?

[Glastonbury_2011]

Look boris just shut up will you

[Funkfarley]

F*K I think im gonna need more sun cream.

[bombfrog]

My name isn't Boris.

[Smee]

Let's face it. Jackone's scoring it a 6 at the moment which, even now, is an improvement on last years 2. And last year wasn't all that bad. The rain stopped at just the right moment and the sun dried up the mud in quick fast time. The thunderstorm risk is a slight worry but no more than that at the moment. The next two or three days should tell us for sure.

*crosses fingers, legs and all other possible extremities*

[jwmwow]

Could be better?

No rain and temps in the mid 20's, how much better exactly?

[chemicalsuk]

Looks like its going to be v hot carrying all the stuff from the car parks to the camping spots!

I'm torn between thinking the forecasts look fantastic (and they are for the first few days of the festival), and being very concerned about the talk of thundery showers, reminds me of Friday morning in 2005. At least if there's some heavy downpours on the Sunday, it won't matter too much.

[bombfrog]

Am I the only person whondering about the safety of being outside during thunder storms?

This may be silly but you hear about golfers getting struck all the time and I've seen video of a group of people being struck playing football. I stayed in my tent in 2005 because it was early but if people were watching a band in front of the pyramid when it got hit would it have been dangerous?

[Glastonbury_2011]

Can you pretend it is?

[Dominic1983]

Metcheck's saying we're gonna get 14mm of rain on the Saturday

[ig1234]

Down to 8mm now. I don't trust Metcheck. They say almost no rain Friday now, and had it from 5mm to 0.8mm in the last 12 hours or so.

[bagpuss]

I am sure the Sun will be out!!

[Baby On A Stick]

Am I the only person whondering about the safety of being outside during thunder storms?

This may be silly but you hear about golfers getting struck all the time and I've seen video of a group of people being struck playing football. I stayed in my tent in 2005 because it was early but if people were watching a band in front of the pyramid when it got hit would it have been dangerous?

[howlin_pete]

The worst they seem to be predicting is heavy showers anyway. Not ideal at all, but I don't think it's going to dampen the atmosphere much, especially after 3-4 days of constant sun

[whizzo]

Ok.....Metcheck change there forecast every couple of hours at random.....Ignore them. They arent important.

[TokiDoki]

It's because the latest GFS run (18:00) is going for an area of heavy showers/rain on Saturday, amounting to about 14mm. Dry on Sunday.

[scmusic]

The Accuweather forecast for Pilton looks pretty upbeat, bar a little shower on Sunday (which would certainly be tolerable):

Accuweather Next 15 Days for Pilton, Somerset UK

Seems we're going to get some kind of weather at some point over the weekend, but hopefully nothing apocalyptic (*crosses fingers, knocks on wood*)

[Laura_Babs]

oooo...Metcheck is being evil about saturday weather. Rain pretty much all day:

http://metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecas...nbury&day=5