Weather thread 2010

[Langdale Wolf]

I have just thought of another key date for weather-diaries - Countryfile on Sunday.

IIRC, that gives a pretty detailed and often correct forecast on the Sunday before the festival.

[glasto'newbie']

And hopefully that volcano will stay Dortmund for my flight in.

I know..I'm sorry

[formed a band]

Butt after all this weather talk im a-lahm-ed we are neuer the wiese

[neil999]

whats all this rain bashing?

SURELY a positive campaign is the way forward? encourage the sun, worship the sun...make the sun our friend, have a bit of a nice chat with the sun,compliment it on its lovely rays and general goodness..its sure to come to us

mr rain? ignore him, give him the cold shoulder...err..etc

[glasto'newbie']

Anyone got any Graf's for average rainfall over Somerset in late June?

*hides head in shame*

[glasto'newbie']

Great minds think alike, yep, starting to see positive signs all over the place, hope the next lot of (P)uns keep this going, general consensus is good though

[jezzer]

[Buddhafish]

I don't Nowottny's going on with this thread. I thought it was about the Webber. Still, Marx out of ten for effort, you bunch of Luthers, but the humour's all a bit Nietzsche for me, I lack the Witt to keep up.

[devonhammer]

I've come Bach and the threads turned into pun-central.

Top Marx, but it makes me Schiffer, in fact my head Hertz and it's sending me round the Benz.

You're all Plancks. In fact you're Max Plancks.

I'd love to work Nena into this due to the 99 Red Balloons appearance on TOTP and what it did to teenage boys at the time - fit with hairy armpits is very confusing for a young lad.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

I have just thought of another key date for weather-diaries - Countryfile on Sunday.

IIRC, that gives a pretty detailed and often correct forecast on the Sunday before the festival.

[technohead]

Turning to more gentlemanly pursuits, this weather talk is Straussing me out - I'm really hoping I Cook at Glasto but I Broadly fear we'll be Trotting up the Swanny. Last time is was a hot one I had no Prior warning and ended up burning my Sidebottom.

I'll get my coat.

[Fairies for Change]

I have just thought of another key date for weather-diaries - Countryfile on Sunday.

IIRC, that gives a pretty detailed and often correct forecast on the Sunday before the festival.

[Langdale Wolf]

Ah, Countryfile on the Sunday before. I proper ritual date for me!

I'm going to be at Avebury for the Solstice on Sunday, but will probably set the digi-recorder to watch it when I get back.

Did they actually mention Glastonbury last year, or am I making that up?

[danbailey80]

Not sure about last year, but they had a nice little feature on how the site was shaping up back in 2008, and a nice, long weather forecast at the end.

[devonhammer]

Ah, Countryfile on the Sunday before. I proper ritual date for me!

I'm going to be at Avebury for the Solstice on Sunday, but will probably set the digi-recorder to watch it when I get back.

Did they actually mention Glastonbury last year, or am I making that up?

[scaryclaireyfairy]

i'm pretty sure there was a glasto-specific part of the forecast on countryfile last year.

[thegoat]

Herr Angwin has spoken!!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/somerset/hi/things_to_do/newsid_8744000/8744139.stm

The last few Glastonbury's have seen a mixture of blazing sunshine or washed-out mayhem with heavy rain causing flooded tents and slippery mud. So what will this year be like?

BBC West weatherman Richard Angwin takes a look at the prospects for this year's Glastonbury Festival.

It is a brave, or foolish, weather forecaster who predicts a dry Glastonbury Festival more than a week ahead. And there is plenty of scope for the forecast to change between now and Thursday when things start to liven up.

But is does appear as though the festival will get underway in dry (and probably dusty) conditions and there is a better than evens chance that it will remain mostly dry throughout.

Ahead of the festival the ground will continue to dry out as the sun shines and the wind continues to blow.

Those weather conditions will continue until at least Wednesday or Thursday. The main weather hazards will be the high UV index (sunburn is, believe it or not, a major downer for many people each year) and the high pollen levels.

During the festival proper it is difficult to see anything more significant than a passing shower developing over Worthy Farm, but with more than a week to go that could still change. So remember to keep checking the forecast.

Yet before anyone imagines they will be spending a long weekend baking in the sun, the winds are expected to continue to blow from the north or northeast so it could be quite chilly at nights.

But if that is the worst we can expect for Glastonbury's 40th year, I suspect most revellers would gladly accept that.

[glasto'newbie']

Turning to more gentlemanly pursuits, this weather talk is Straussing me out - I'm really hoping I Cook at Glasto but I Broadly fear we'll be Trotting up the Swanny. Last time is was a hot one I had no Prior warning and ended up burning my Sidebottom.

I'll get my coat.

Edited June 16, 2010 by glasto'newbie'

[jezzer]

I'm loving that

[mcmenace]

I love Herr Angwin. Please please be right!

[Mr Weazle]

Herr Angwin has spoken!!!!

Those weather conditions will continue until at least Wednesday or Thursday. The main weather hazards will be the high UV index (sunburn is, believe it or not, a major downer for many people each year) and the high pollen levels.

[Filthy]

[scaryclaireyfairy]

stick!

stick!

STICK!

[devonhammer]

Herr Angwin has spoken!!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/somerset/hi/things_to_do/newsid_8744000/8744139.stm

Edited June 16, 2010 by devonhammer

[Steve P]