Weather thread 2011

[devonhammer]

Apologies, I recant: for there to be a mudbath "it needs to rain for the week building up to the fest and then piss it down for most of the fest". Is this currently being forecast? And what of my comments about 2005?

Also, I'm glad I wasn't born until 1976 because it seems that I missed out on being surrounded by a generation of miserable b@stards by five years!

[Styliko]

Mud can dry up pretty quickly. I went in 2008. It was torrential for the whole of Thursday day and night, drizzle on Friday, OK on Saturday but by Sunday the ground was lovely and dry.

Don't give up hope folks.

Weather forecasters seem to judge the weather by just looking out of the window We still have ages to start panicking just yet...

I'm holding out on buying waterproofs until at least the 20th

[Homer]

Hey, I was born in '71 and I'm pretty optimistic and there's no way I'm writing off the festival at this stage. You have to forgive us 40 year olds - we were 18 in 1989 and we had no idea that huge quantities of MDMA could fry your brain.

[Mr Weazle]

If glastonbury has good drainage, like my golf course does, then most of the water will be drained away. it rains a lot in sheffield and my course stays relatively dry.

The south west has been extremely dry, any water that does fall will mostly drain away. This may mean puddles but not a mud bath like 2007. In 07 it was raining constantly for weeks before where as at the moment it hasnt rained nearly as much (i dont think, havent seen the stats tho).

Dont panic people!

[Styliko]

Hey, I was born in '71 and I'm pretty optimistic and there's no way I'm writing off the festival at this stage. You have to forgive us 40 year olds - we were 18 in 1989 and we had no idea that huge quantities of MDMA could fry your brain.

[The Pumpkin King]

PLEASE BE SUNNY!!

[tinselmouse]

Let's face it folks things don't look good. I'm losing the will to live, been refreshing this weather thread more than the ticket page back in October, in the hope of good news but alas......

FUKKIN RAIN! DO ONE!

[ICGenie]

I disagree with that, if anyone remembers 2007 it rained for the week building up to it and it pissed it down for most of the fest (bar the Marley Brothers set) and there were rivers of mud running through the site. There is only so much water the ground can absorb!

[devonhammer]

I wasn't having a blanket pop at everyone born that year, was just referring to the lack of cheeriness coming from someone who clams to be 'the spirt of '71'.

[Lentus]

[Homer]

Can I just point out that we are two weeks away and the forecast for next week looks like pretty much solid watery stuff falling from the sky :angry:

I went in 2007 and I'm not ashamed to say I had a shitty time. It's not an experience I care to repeat :angry:

Edited June 10, 2011 by Homer

[Spirit of 71]

I wasn't having a blanket pop at everyone born that year, was just referring to the lack of cheeriness coming from someone who clams to be 'the spirt of '71'.

[Homer]

It's OK homer, I think some of my cheeriness gets lost in B&W! I will be having a good time regardless of whether I am barefoot or in wellies

[Yesiamaduck]

Eh?! One day out of the next five is forecast for rain. And it's been unseasonably dry for months. I really don't understand the panic. And this is someone who is a natural pessimist, who is currently working to a really tight deadline (whilst listening to The Cure) speaking!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/3076?area=Shepton%20Mallet

[William of Walworth]

That's weird - cos I'm a right miserable **** in real life!

[JoeyT]

Don't look at the webcam

[jezzer]

I'm not going to take much notice of forecasts until at least the week before Glasto.

I got married in mid-May in Gloucestershire and the forecast was dreadful for the big day even up to three days before, hail, storms, cold winds etc.

As it turned out the day was gorgeous, it can and will all change. Keep the faith!

[4AssedMonkey]

Whhhooooaaa there people – FAR too much negativity here.

What’s happened to you all? Where’s the unshakeable faith in all things hot and sunny? Why the sudden surrender? We aren’t rain loving soggy Frenchies you know, we are the NFR.NFC Party and we WILL NOT SURRENDER!

The battle is far from over. It ebbs, it flows, there are ups and downs, but the sheer awesome power of our collective belief that we will have a dry festival experience can see us through these dark days and out into glorious, baking, skin-burning and dust creating SUNSHINE!!! YES, BELIEVE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND YOU SHALL BE SAVED!!!!!!!

Now stop moping about you set of wet nellies. The fat lady isn’t singing. She isn’t even warming up. In fact, she’s not even in the phookin’ auditorium yet so COME ON!

NFR.NFC.2011.

[devonhammer]

Now stop moping about you set of wet nellies. The fat lady isn't singing. She isn't even warming up. In fact, she's not even in the phookin' auditorium yet so COME ON!

[FunkyDenz]

Eh?! One day out of the next five is forecast for rain. And it's been unseasonably dry for months. I really don't understand the panic. And this is someone who is a natural pessimist, who is currently working to a really tight deadline (whilst listening to The Cure) speaking!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/3076?area=Shepton%20Mallet

[devonhammer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzh-xq65rMs

[Gnomicide]

[Lentus]

Whhhooooaaa there people – FAR too much negativity here.

What’s happened to you all? Where’s the unshakeable faith in all things hot and sunny? Why the sudden surrender? We aren’t rain loving soggy Frenchies you know, we are the NFR.NFC Party and we WILL NOT SURRENDER!

The battle is far from over. It ebbs, it flows, there are ups and downs, but the sheer awesome power of our collective belief that we will have a dry festival experience can see us through these dark days and out into glorious, baking, skin-burning and dust creating SUNSHINE!!! YES, BELIEVE MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND YOU SHALL BE SAVED!!!!!!!

Now stop moping about you set of wet nellies. The fat lady isn’t singing. She isn’t even warming up. In fact, she’s not even in the phookin’ auditorium yet so COME ON!

NFR.NFC.2011.

[jezzer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzh-xq65rMs

[JoeyT]

I think if this thread hits 200 pages then we'll get a repeat of last year.

In fact I put a fiver on it!