Weather

[TheNewUnion]

That wasn't too bad really.

[tumbles]

Absolutely fucked the site, it's now several inches of slop. Going to hell walking around tomorrow when it gets thicker..

[Gazsimmo1980]

Wet through during Jagwar Ma. The weather has been very manageable. Hot as fuck, rainy as fuck, then hot as fuck again. Nothing can ruin this weekend though. Having the time of my life. Monday seems far too close. This should last forever. I love glastonbury. Yeah.

[siblin]

Fingers crossed it's mainly dry from here on in . Rock hard ground by midday tomorrow I reckon

[tumbles]

Looks like another huge band of black cloud is drifting over

[TheNewUnion]

It drys out a treat when the sun comes out.

So more sun please!

[Narnia]

Looks like another huge band of black cloud is drifting over

lol I am loving these updates, this is sooo Glastonbury You have to embrace it and soak it up (literally haha)

Hope you're all having fun

[TheNewUnion]

As an aside, Nick Lowe is incredibly good.

[tumbles]

It's still raining now..

[tumbles]

And yet more. Fuck off rain!

[Cooter]

Overcast but brightish morning, looking good.

Going for a walk and a poo now.

[tumbles]

..oh more rain you say FFS

[TheNewUnion]

South West England

Forecast Summary

Today

A dry day for most and with more sunshine than Saturday and light winds it will pleasantly warm. There is just a small chance of an isolated shower.

I'll take that. Light breeze will help dry everyone's tents get the paths and fields dried out as the day goes on too.

[frostypaw]

Strange how the meltdown seems to stop once the rain started!

After morning walks the site is drying out pretty quickly they have done wonders with wood chip and it's never got nightmarish really. Few patches of proper icky and some very slippy slopes - apologies to those we laughed at up in the park, congratulations to those who styled it out

The rain before Foster the People had some of the biggest drops I've seen - i thought the first barrage was someone throwing marbles

[Keithy]

So.....when do we start getting the first long range forecasts for next June? :-)

[TomfromStroud]

So.....when do we start getting the first long range forecasts for next June? :-)

Feels to me like this year we didn't know about the rain until the Saturday or Sunday before this year's festival, so I'm happy to guess you a forecast now:

Wednesday - Morning showers then sun

Thursday - sunny spells

Friday - sun but some light showers mid afternoon

Saturday - overcast

Sunday - sunny spells

As it seems to me that guesses will be the most accurate we'll get until the week before Glastonbury 2015...

Edited July 3, 2014 by TomfromStroud

[teamsofa]

Looking back, coulda been better, coulda been worse. Given the choice, would you have stuck with this years weather, or twisted?

Personally..... yes rain on several days meant more mud than woulda been ideal, but, warm not too hot, nice breeze, sporadic cloud cover, dry at night.....stick!

[CaledonianGonzo]

The site coped pretty well - even when the overhead was grim the underfoot was really never too bad.

[TheNewUnion]

STICK (ish)

But if I could kick out the biblical downpour, that'd be better.

Edited July 3, 2014 by TheNewUnion

[Morse Code]

Stick stick stick! Would actually prefer what we got than the scorchio of 2010!

<<runs away and hides>>

[The_Amazing_Oblong]

On the whole I would describe this year as a 'dry' year. Very similar to 02/03.

Edit - Stick.

Edited July 3, 2014 by The_Amazing_Oblong

[A Guy Called Matt]

First time at GF so had no idea what rain would do to the ground apart from what I had seen on TV.

Ground coped really well I thought and despite the heaviest rain I have seen in the UK in my 49 years recovered very fast.

If I had to choose, apart from obviously no rain but not scorching hot, then this would do however, slightly less less heavy storms would be an advantage.

[Midnight Man]

Looking back, coulda been better, coulda been worse. Given the choice, would you have stuck with this years weather, or twisted?

Personally..... yes rain on several days meant more mud than woulda been ideal, but, warm not too hot, nice breeze, sporadic cloud cover, dry at night.....stick!

I thought it was fine, considering what was being predicted, and even forecast during the festival. The great thing was it never got so muddy that people couldn't sit down after a couple of hours - though I didn't manage to get up to the Park after Thursday and I can imagine that was worse than the other main stage areas. Also the rain came in bursts rather than hanging around all day which makes a huge difference. And it was mainly warm.

I'd take it again next year (though would prefer a bit drier!)

[Ruwise]

The biggest problem for me was The Park which is a shame as it is one of my favourite areas. If they could have got a bit more of the mulch down there and I could have remembered my stool on Friday then it would be ok. I obviously preferred the weather in 2013 and 2010 but it wasn't bad enough to put me off. I think the weather just changes what you do or attempt to do.

[Mr.Tease]

Strange how the meltdown seems to stop once the rain started!

After morning walks the site is drying out pretty quickly they have done wonders with wood chip and it's never got nightmarish really. Few patches of proper icky and some very slippy slopes - apologies to those we laughed at up in the park, congratulations to those who styled it out

The rain before Foster the People had some of the biggest drops I've seen - i thought the first barrage was someone throwing marbles

Ha, that's the thing with anxiety- you spend all that time fretting about something, yet when it actually happens you just end up dealing with it!