Weather

[SirDaniel]

As long as it's not as difficult as I remember 2011 being, I think I can take it.

[plainlazy44]

This really is a lot of fuss over very little. There is likely to be some rain, but not very much. The site is in the best condition to deal with the rain and let it drain away quickly. The first two days are looking dry so everyone will get to put their tent up dry.

It's looking to be pretty similar to last year, if a bit more overcast, which was fine!

Will everyone stop freaking out and look at it with a bit of perspective!

[Pedro2014]

http://m.accuweather.com/en/gb/pilton/ba4-4/extended-weather-forecast/710458

[CaledonianGonzo]

This is my first Glastonbury and I certainly didn't buy a ticket because I thought the weather would be nice. Do they do long range forecast from October for June the following year?

Your mistake was to confuse this Tough Mudder-esque assault course / survival challenge with a music festival.

As long as it's not as difficult as I remember 2011 being, I think I can take it.

The site is drier beforehand, but the current forecast is far worse, I'm afraid.

[SonOfTroyMcClure]

Icelandic Met Office still showing the worst of the low pressure missing Somerset, with the Walians of Welsh Wales taking one for the team.

http://en.vedur.is/weather/forecasts/atlantic/#type=prec

I've just been on holiday to Iceland. Great place. Nice people. I can only assume their weather forecasting is perfect.

[Pedro2014]

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/city-weather/city/44X1258/shepton-mallet.html?sredirect=d29ybGQtd2VhdGhlci9zZWFyY2gtcmVzdWx0Lmh0bWw%252FJmFtcDtzd29yZD1TaGVwdG9uIG1hbGxldCZhbXA7b3B0X3R5cGU9Y2l0eSZhbXA7c3JlZGlyZWN0PS0x

[Man drew]

I really dont remember 2011 being that bad through my drunk/pill haze! Maybe this is the only way through things

[SonOfTroyMcClure]

Unless you have mobility problems which mean significant mud renders you totally unable to navigate the site.

We know it's a gamble when we buy my husband a ticket - he has spastic diplegia which means he walks on his toes, his legs are stiff and his balance is poor. We say when we buy the ticket that if it looks like there will be a lot of mud he will have to accept it's best to stay at home. However this close to the festival and with so much uncertainty that is very hard to do. At the moment he is coming, but with a real risk of being stuck in the tent from Friday onwards, or having to give up and get the train home. So it's not just a case of "man up and come prepared" for everyone - I'm sure there are plenty of folk in a similar position to a greater or lesser extent.

are there any provisions by the festival for your husband/people in a similar position? Being transported round the festival in buggies/jeeps etc?

[autoinflate]

I'm obviously not too happy with the way forecasts are developing, but the real upside for me is that the first 2 days are looking dry.

So it's a case of full throttle from the outset and being truly in the realms of 'don't give a fuck' once the rain arrives.

[Pedro2014]

According to the guardian the meteo group are the most reliable weather people they power this website and its not a bad forecast at all

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/city-weather/city/44X1258/shepton-mallet.html?sredirect=d29ybGQtd2VhdGhlci9zZWFyY2gtcmVzdWx0Lmh0bWw%252FJmFtcDtzd29yZD1TaGVwdG9uIG1hbGxldCZhbXA7b3B0X3R5cGU9Y2l0eSZhbXA7c3JlZGlyZWN0PS0x

[frostypaw]

This is my first Glastonbury and I certainly didn't buy a ticket because I thought the weather would be nice. Do they do long range forecast from October for June the following year?

Nope, you're too right. But such illogic still seems to run most folk's thinking. Look at the sales slump in 08

And the success of scratch cards... people are silly.

I really don't remember '11 as being all that bad.

[MrsRookin]

Good post - very similar predicament to my own

I left early in 2011 and agreed with nyself I'd never go again in the mud, now one day to go and it's hard not to risk the gamble. Either the best weekend of the year or a harrowing case of "stuck in the mud" - no clarity at all on the weather or how to interpret whatever raimfall they're predicting...

Well I hope for you and for my husband that the ground does not turn to glue this year!

[frostypaw]

According to the guardian the meteo group are the most reliable weather people they power this website and its not a bad forecast at all

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/city-weather/city/44X1258/shepton-mallet.html?sredirect=d29ybGQtd2VhdGhlci9zZWFyY2gtcmVzdWx0Lmh0bWw%2FJmFtcDtzd29yZD1TaGVwdG9uIG1hbGxldCZhbXA7b3B0X3R5cGU9Y2l0eSZhbXA7c3JlZGlyZWN0PS0x

That's exactly the same forecast without the negative nancies in here standing on chairs squealing that the mud's gonna get them

[filmguy]

BBC are predicting rain for Glastonbury 2015

[filmguy]

According to the guardian the meteo group are the most reliable weather people they power this website and its not a bad forecast at all

http://www.weathercast.co.uk/world-weather/city-weather/city/44X1258/shepton-mallet.html?sredirect=d29ybGQtd2VhdGhlci9zZWFyY2gtcmVzdWx0Lmh0bWw%252FJmFtcDtzd29yZD1TaGVwdG9uIG1hbGxldCZhbXA7b3B0X3R5cGU9Y2l0eSZhbXA7c3JlZGlyZWN0PS0x

Meteo Group are the best of a bad bunch

[justperfect]

It's all good and well saying the ground is in perfect condition to handle the amount of rain forecast and it will soak it up. In normal circumstances this would be correct but unfortunately for us these aren't normal circumstances. That rainfall + 150,000 pairs of feet=mud.

[stuartbert two hats]

That's exactly the same forecast without the negative nancies in here standing on chairs squealing that the mud's gonna get them

It's not though. It's showing significantly less rainfall.

[Swine_Glasto2014]

2011 was not bad!!!!! It was my first Glastonbury and had a brilliant time.

It's gonna be wet, deal with it.

If u can't cope don't get a ticket, save it for those who missed out who can man up and get on with it.

[Swine_Glasto2014]

Wellies, waterproofs, walking boots, poncho all packed.

Bring it the fook on

[nickharley]

Willing to sell soul for a better weather forecast, or at the very least Bart Simpson's soul.

[Alcatraz]

It's all good and well saying the ground is in perfect condition to handle the amount of rain forecast and it will soak it up. In normal circumstances this would be correct but unfortunately for us these aren't normal circumstances. That rainfall + 150,000 pairs of feet=mud.

Yup. Enjoy the Petrichor while you can folks

[frostypaw]

It's not though. It's showing significantly less rainfall.

the averages i'm looking at for fri and sat show less rainfall that that forecast on fri/sat but also shower potential sun/mon - but the total isn't 10mm difference and the shower potential a bit shakey

it's not a totally unreasonable forecast or horribly out of date or owt

[stuartbert two hats]

the averages i'm looking at for fri and sat show less rainfall that that forecast on fri/sat but also shower potential sun/mon - but the total isn't 10mm difference and the shower potential a bit shakey

it's not a totally unreasonable forecast or horribly out of date or owt

Oh yeah, Metcheck changed again.

Sod it, it'll be fine. Walking boots mud. No need for wellies + gaiters.

[frostypaw]

Oh yeah, Metcheck changed again.

Sod it, it'll be fine. Walking boots mud. No need for wellies + gaiters.

That's what I'm telling myself. The rain predictions that scare me involve more horizontal lines in the graphs than that, pulses I deal with almost daily without issue

This.... is my optimistic face

[Midnight Man]

That's it - can't spend another day on here willing the conditions to improve!

Got packing to do.

Have a good one everybody and maybe see you Wednesday.

I guess it's still possible that..oh never mind