Weather

[benc]

My understanding is the weather is crap at the moment, it will get better - hopefully in time for the festival haha

[caroldecker]

Metcheck is changing on a daily basis at the moment. I don't see the point, we may as well be looking at tea leaves.

[Northernsoul45]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/13/glastonbury-2013-weather-forecast

wellies & sunglasses.

[elbongo]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/13/glastonbury-2013-weather-forecast

wellies & sunglasses.

[briddj]

There is absolutely no chance of 2011 conditions. It had rained for a month and a half continuously!

[Ted Dansons Wig]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/13/glastonbury-2013-weather-forecast

wellies & sunglasses.

[taff 5]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/jun/13/glastonbury-2013-weather-forecast

wellies & sunglasses.

[fur_q]

"He recalled watching the Who's rain-soaked performance from 2011 "

That was 2007

"Based on fancy CFS models, using Met Office numbers"

The CFS model is run by the the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction and has nothing to do with the Met Office.

[MEGABOWL]

They can get t'f***

They are saying what we're seeing and at the moment its irrelevant... Jackone. Weather nerd! The swines grrr...

[JoeyT]

Extremely unprofessional of the guardian to use that description.

Jackone may have a legal case should he wish to pursue.

[cornish hick]

Count me in as another GIS dude. Though we go all fancy-pants nowadays and call it "Location Intelligence." *cough*

[scmusic]

My apologies - I still call it GIS personally!

[GlastoSimon]

Another article which predicts, yet again, 'sun, cloud and rain' at some point during Glastonbury. Brilliant stuff. So many mixed messages at the moment, probably just best to wait until nearer the time

[Midnight Man]

Another article which predicts, yet again, 'sun, cloud and rain' at some point during Glastonbury. Brilliant stuff. So many mixed messages at the moment, probably just best to wait until nearer the time

[davefrompompey]

Extremely unprofessional of the guardian to use that description.

Jackone may have a legal case should he wish to pursue.

[Glastonlocal]

Well that's ridiculous, of course he wouldn't...

[davefrompompey]

"Both of these are closer to the prediction by Jackone, a climatology nerd at Netweather, who files a detailed weekly analysis of the latest meteorological data."

I express no meaningful opinion, but I would say he could file an action for defamation - libel. A lawyer could argue the words used tend to lower the claimant in the eyes of right-thinking members of society (Sim v Stretch).

He is highly thought of amongst people on this forum, and this statement has lead to people thinking less of him. William Roach sued Newsgroup Newspapers in 1992 for describing him as "boring". This is comparable.

[taff 5]

We're all nerds here. We're on an internet chatroom instead of being out interacting with real people.

Be proud.

( i only raised the Nerd comment earlier for a laugh, and I'm sure Jackone would have seen the funny side as well!)

[eoinca]

Has he done todays update yet?

[ThomThomDrum]

How do we know that Jackone does not view himself as a climatology nerd? He may even think it cool the Guardian called him such.........

Edited June 13, 2013 by ThomThomDrum

[taff 5]

I'm a nerd and so is my wife.

[scmusic]

Can we park this and get back to the pointless masturbatory speculation about the weather please?

[bigfurbdogg]

Has he done todays update yet?

[eoinca]

No, usually does it around 6-7pm i think.

[Glastonlocal]

It's not comparable - William roach is an actor who has an economic interest in not being seen as boring.

Pure insults aren't libellous.

It's also unlikely that jackone would have the financial wherewithal to sue, although I wouldn't claim to know or be interested in his finances.

Ultimately, the guy above is right and this is an entirely pointless discussion. Sorry for disagreeing in the first place, I'm a defamation law graduate student so its guaranteed to grab my attention, but I shouldn't rise to it because nobody cares.

Peace?