Weather thread 2011

[JoeyT]

Run it for BA4 as Glastonbury isn't in Glastonbury (BA6), but yes looking good apart from the r**n on Thursday and TWO is generally pretty well respected

[Storm_NL]

It was great just being able to sit down on the grass anywhere you liked.

[The Pumpkin King]

If it rains and becomes muddy you experience about 1% of what you would otherwise..Hence everyone's obsession/infatuation with any weather updates..

[LusciousLucy]

If it rains and becomes muddy you experience about 1% of what you would otherwise..Hence everyone's obsession/infatuation with any weather updates..

[lucyginger]

Its tipping down here at the moment. I am prepared to sacrifice a sunny weekend this weekend, where I am meant to be taking the man out for his birthday and going to a camping trip at a mates, if we get a sunny glasto.

NFRNFC

That is all.

Keep the faith, people, we can do it.

[timmy tugboat]

[Liam13th]

Erg more rain on the webcam

[Porcelina]

That's good though, let's take the bullet now so the wound will be beautifully crusted by the time we poke it with our fingers.

R**N is PAIN.

SUN is FUN.

DUST is a MUST.

THU**ER makes me CHUNDER.

NFR NFC.

Edited June 8, 2011 by Porcelina

[Storm_NL]

Is this helping?

[Craigston]

I've seen a whole array of forecasts, its all about country file the Sunday before.

NFR NFC

[devonhammer]

And that is THE major problem with the wet years. Standing all the time because there's nowhere dry to sit.

Let's hope we get more than one brief shining moment..

This is me being optimistic.

[devonhammer]

Concur totally. Every year the scare-tactician forecasters (most of which probably don't even go to glasto) try to convince us it will be torrential rain throughout the fest. Even last year I remember the weather thread developing in a similar way. BOLLOX. NFR NFC

[The Pumpkin King]

BRING ME THE HEAD OF EMERTON FOX!

[neil999]

That's a bit unfair on the likes of JackOne. He doesn't go to Glastonbury and is doing this as a service for us. It's not for the newspapers and he continually puts caveats about the inaccuracy of long range forecasts. He's doing his best because we ask him to and he should be appreciated for that.

We all know that long range forecasts are inaccurate, but, as Aragorn stated, we can sometimes find consistency over different run and/or models that gives more confidence. Last year the models had it as dry before CountryFile which us UKMO data and forecasters anyway.

[Storm_NL]

i do find it funny people going on about countryfile, im guessing they dont have their own special forecasters and just use the same models as everyone else? which would make it no different to anything you could find on the internet

[devonhammer]

i do find it funny people going on about countryfile, im guessing they dont have their own special forecasters and just use the same models as everyone else? which would make it no different to anything you could find on the internet

[Aragorn]

I think they use higher resolution models aswell

I am sure the metoffice use the short range models like

http://www.weatheronline.co.uk/cgi-bin/expertcharts?LANG=en&MENU=0000000000&CONT=ukuk&MODELL=nae&MODELLTYP=1&VAR=pslv&HH=72&BASE=-&WMO=

The precipitation maps tend to be far more accurate but of course only go out to T+48

[Lentus]

That's a bit unfair on the likes of JackOne. He doesn't go to Glastonbury and is doing this as a service for us. It's not for the newspapers and he continually puts caveats about the inaccuracy of long range forecasts. He's doing his best because we ask him to and he should be appreciated for that.

We all know that long range forecasts are inaccurate, but, as Aragorn stated, we can sometimes find consistency over different run and/or models that gives more confidence. Last year the models had it as dry before CountryFile which us UKMO data and forecasters anyway.

[devonhammer]

I think they use higher resolution models aswell

I am sure the metoffice use the short range models like

http://www.weatheron...H=72&BASE=-=

The precipitation maps tend to be far more accurate but of course only go out to T+48

[neil999]

Two words : John Craven.

He has mystic powers.

[devonhammer]

is he still on it?! i preffered on him on newsround or as he liked to call it 'john cravens newsround'

i think they should do glasto in the winter one year, snow might be fun!(it wouldnt)

[ark]

Its certainly chucking it down here atm - West of London!

[Alcatraz]

is he still on it?! i preffered on him on newsround or as he liked to call it 'john cravens newsround'

[timmy tugboat]

Nice and sunny now in Bristol

[Storm_NL]

He's not an 'out and about' guy anymore. They kind of wheel him out whenever they do competitions, and he does a lot of the narrating