Weather

[dubgaz]

I'm not bringing Wellies. They wont fit on my carry on luggage on the flight anyway. That is my contribution to ensuring there is no rain for the duration of the festival :) Of course I will have to make sure I keep some spare cash in case there is a downpour and I need to buy some over there.

[pedmills]

5 websites have improved since yesterday, 2 got worse, 1 stayed the same. Overall, an improvement. The averages are currently better than they were at this stage last year.

[fur_q]

One thing I have noticed is that the weather is never shit on the Monday after the festival. I've never had to pack up my stuff in the rain. Even in 2007 the sun came out on Monday, just to take the piss.

That might change this year, the models are currently showing a breakdown in pressure with a band of heavy rain move if over on Monday afternoon.

[stuartbert two hats]

I think 2003 was the best weather I've experienced at Glastonbury. Preferred it to 2010 simply because it wasn't ridiculously hot - it was just very nice.

2002 was good too, although I have vague memories of it being seriously cold at night that year.

One thing I have noticed is that the weather is never shit on the Monday after the festival. I've never had to pack up my stuff in the rain. Even in 2007 the sun came out on Monday, just to take the piss.

When?? It was fucking shit when I woke up in a breached tent full of water and had to pack up and wait for the coach in the rain.

[CaledonianGonzo]

One thing I have noticed is that the weather is never sht on the Monday after the festival. I've never had to pack up my stuff in the rain. Even in 2007 the sun came out on Monday, just to take the pss.

In 2011 it was hot and oppressive on the Monday morning and I'm fairly sure that by the late afternoon / evening the heavens had opened again a la the Friday night.

[sinhala]

BBC for Pilton now has rain Thursday Friday & Saturday

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2640282

[CaledonianGonzo]

WHY IS IT NOT THIS WEEKEND?

[kalifire]

Eh?! No it doesn't.

[elbongo]

F#@kin thread...

NFR NFC

[jeffie]

I think 2003 was the best weather I've experienced at Glastonbury. Preferred it to 2010 simply because it wasn't ridiculously hot - it was just very nice.

2002 was good too, although I have vague memories of it being seriously cold at night that year.

One thing I have noticed is that the weather is never shit on the Monday after the festival. I've never had to pack up my stuff in the rain. Even in 2007 the sun came out on Monday, just to take the piss.

2007? I don't recall the sun being out when we packed up at all.

Edited June 19, 2014 by jeffie

[pedmills]

BBC for Pilton now has rain Thursday Friday & Saturday

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2640282

Ignore that, the symbols are meaningless without mm's of rain attached.

Most websites will put a rainy symbol even if there is like 0.1mm of rain.

[pedmills]

2007? I don't recall the sun being out when we packed up at all.

Yes, I definitely remember it getting very sunny - possibly around middayish?

[jeffie]

Yes, I definitely remember it getting very sunny - possibly around middayish?

Ah, I think we had left in disgust by then.....

[Ruwise]

Id ignore all forecasts until the day before it opens.....weather can change and anything longrange or even close range can be just guesswork......best not to stress over guesswork

I keep saying ignore it whilst checking this thread and weather forecasts at least once an hour.

[Cheesey]

When?? It was fucking shit when I woke up in a breached tent full of water and had to pack up and wait for the coach in the rain.

You must have left a lot earlier than me - it was lovely in the afternoon. Sunday night was bloody awful though. I don't know how long that continued into Monday morning - I had no reason to get up early

In 2011 it was hot and oppressive on the Monday morning and I'm fairly sure that by the late afternoon / evening the heavens had opened again a la the Friday night.

Yes, I think that's the closest we've come to getting wet while packing up. We left at about midday after it became clear that the weather was going downhill.

That might change this year, the models are currently showing a breakdown in pressure with a band of heavy rain move if over on Monday afternoon.

Yeah, it's probably the thing that worries me most about the current forecast.

[Trebor]

2007? I don't remember the sun shining at all in the 12 hours we were stuck in the sodding car park on the Monday.

[A Guy Called Matt]

Oh look - all the forecasts have changed again LOL

[Mr.Tease]

2007? I don't remember the sun shining at all in the 12 hours we were stuck in the sodding car park on the Monday.

I remember packing my tent up in the mud and rain Monday morning then standing in the bus queue for several hours in the cold rain with water almost knee deep down by the bus queues- they even started handing out blankets. I had a cold by the time I got home- a low point!

[Trebor]

Put me off going for some time, that Monday. Ended up ill and needing to get out the car and piss every 5 minutes, then had to shit in a hedge. Happy times.

[jeffie]

Metcheck has a Glastonbury report on their front page now, to be updated every day:

http://www.metcheck.com/UK/

Metcheck lol.....

[Gnomicide]

Put me off going for some time, that Monday. Ended up ill and needing to get out the car and piss every 5 minutes, then had to shit in a hedge. Happy times.

Love the motorway, leave no trace.

[UEF]

Far too early to call, you may as well use a horoscope to predict the weather at this stage. I hope everyone reading knows this!

[fur_q]

Far too early to call, you may as well use a horoscope to predict the weather at this stage. I hope everyone reading knows this!

Except it's not, if you read the data properly.

[Pinhead]

Love the motorway, leave no trace.

Especially at Michael Wood, Leigh Delamare or Gordano Services (depending which direction you are coming from)

[Vanderlyle]

Seriously though... look at Pilton's weather for the next 4 days (BBC). If only...