Weather thread 2011

[Monorail]

You cannot predict the weather even a day in advanced with any degree of accuracy. We never will be able to due to the chaotic nature of weather systems. The best you can do is look out the window and see if the site is likely to be muddy or not. Actually it's probably best not to.

[tinselmouse]

Aye, lookign out of the window it's just gone ominously dark. 100 per cent dark cloud cover. Bastards look brimful of rain. It looks like bloody November out there. I've given up hope of it being really good weather. I can't get past the fact that we're looking at lower than usual temperatures, regular (at best) showers and very little sunshine. But while there's no chance of the weather being perfect we can still hope for the best of what we've got and be hopeful that it sticks to scattered shows rather than perpetual rain as in 2007. Fingers crossed for the Countryfile weather forecast tomorrow.

[tinselmouse]

You cannot predict the weather even a day in advanced with any degree of accuracy. We never will be able to due to the chaotic nature of weather systems. The best you can do is look out the window and see if the site is likely to be muddy or not. Actually it's probably best not to.

[haznutuk]

THE WEATHER TODAY HAS NO RELATION TO THE WEATHER NEXT WEEK. jeez.

[strummer77]

You cannot predict the weather even a day in advanced with any degree of accuracy. We never will be able to due to the chaotic nature of weather systems. The best you can do is look out the window and see if the site is likely to be muddy or not. Actually it's probably best not to.

[tinselmouse]

True. But the weather today does have some bearing on the likely conditions underfoot next week.

[The Pumpkin King]

A whole day of solid sun predicted tomorrow for Glastonbury; hopefully can dry everything up

[amfy]

It was my wedding a year ago today and I remember that on the day before it had seriously thrown it down all day long. I mean proper torrential rain. It had been on off awful for a few weeks as I remember updating my fb status to say that the weather was really starting to scare me. I had already offered my wedding day as a sacrifice to the weather gods for a glorious Glastonbury, but believe me on Friday 18th June last year I was not happy about the prospects for either event.

Still, I woke up on the 19th to glorious sunshine, the whole day was patchy weather wise, but dry, and from the Sunday onwards it was bloody fantastic!

So - to repeat - it doesn't matter what it's doing today.

[matt_berr]

Latest run is out - it looks good, the low pressure system on both ECM and GFS veers well north on the Sunday. Forecast in build up to that is mainly dry and a little breezy, the kind of weather you'd dry clothes in - must work on the ground too.

As for the Saturday and most of Sunday - clear skies, some higher pressure and temps up to 18.

All in all, you'd take it - last year was an outlier, this year looks fine.

Funny how by reading this thread and using netwather and wikipedia you can become an amateur weather man.

[The Pumpkin King]

Would expect the site to have dried out by next week based on this:

[Porcelina]

Funny how by reading this thread and using netwather and wikipedia you can become an amateur weather man.

[bamber]

Psychedelic GFS 00Z r**n map.

N.F.R.N.F.C -SORCHIO

*prays*

Edited June 18, 2011 by bamber

[arcade fireman]

It is looking more and more like it's gonna be rainy early on (but not too rainy) and clearer over the Saturday/Sunday - though the low temperatures might mean the mud doesnt clear up as quick as it might.

[barrychuckle]

Would expect the site to have dried out by next week based on this:

[barrychuckle]

A good way to see if the organisers are expecting a muddy one is to see if they have put in place vehicle movement restrictions yet.

[tinselmouse]

But the temperature is about half of last year!!!

[guypjfreak]

Have you noticed how negative this thread and the forcasts have become since people were asked not to post "sexist pictures"

IT WILL BE SUNNY IT WILL BE DRY IT WILL NOT RA!N

NFR NFC

are we not customers?

[muddyslingbax]

Its hard to take when its shit, plus I think when ur getting on a bit(35) and you've been to the last 17 or 18 G's the ones like 2007 etc... are just not so much fun.

Its a shame but thats how it is

_{HOWEVER IT AIN'T GOING TO BE LIKE THAT SO EVERYONE GET A GRIP}

[rischbrit]

Choice between colder then last year and r**n I'd go for cold. At least we can put on extra clothing and sit down in colder weather!

[caramello]

A good way to see if the organisers are expecting a muddy one is to see if they have put in place vehicle movement restrictions yet.

[tolywoly]

It is looking more positive isn't it. The panic was starting to set in at the start of the week. Now even the last couple of days leading up to the festival look ok.

[muddyslingbax]

No restrictions yet according to my mates on site today, everyone driving on the tracks wherever possible, but 'bit sorta squelchy' underfoot he ses.

[camperman]

No restrictions yet according to my mates on site today, everyone driving on the tracks wherever possible, but 'bit sorta squelchy' underfoot he ses.

Edited June 18, 2011 by camperman

[steviewevie]

The amount of rain between now and wednesday is crucial to how muddy it is going to be, so I think it is fair enough for people to make predictions on what they're seeing today. Problem is it is not easy to predict how much is going to fall the next few days as is foecast is for isolated rain/showers. Looking like tomorrow and tuesday mostly dry - the important day could be monday as it could be quite wet.

[**claire**]

I'm not fussed at this stage if the temps aren't as high as last year - I own jumpers & coats.

As long as it's dry & I can get my car out of the car park on Monday morning I'd be happy.