Weather

[**claire**]

I'm going to have nightmares tonight now...

I did have a Glastonbury nightmare... my cat was with me, & he was hurt & I had to take him to the medical tent... it was so m*ddy I couldn't make it up the hill at Big Ground

[jeffie]

Except for Jeff the God of Biscuits. He definitely exists. I have sacrificed three chocolate digestives to his mightiness already this morning.

(Thanks to Eddie Izzard for that)

Corrected that for you.

NFR NFC

[Midnight Man]

This is all looking pretty good I reckon. The uninitiated think that if it rains at the fest then that automatically means it's a 'mudbath'. The fact is that to get a proper one, you need heavy rain consistently in the build-up, followed by pretty continuous rain during it too. It looks unlikely we're going to get a sh1tstorm in the next week or so, so even if it does take a bit of a turn for the worse, the ground should be pretty hard anyway which bodes well.

Oh dear, I've started looking in the weather thread - the fest really must be close!

exactly - we're stacking up dry days in the bank so, even if things take a turn for the worse, we're still mainly German - a bit Austrian at worst.

[ghandi]

I think I am going to join team Norway

[SonOfTroyMcClure]

This is all looking pretty good I reckon. The uninitiated think that if it rains at the fest then that automatically means it's a 'mudbath'. The fact is that to get a proper one, you need heavy rain consistently in the build-up, followed by pretty continuous rain during it too. It looks unlikely we're going to get a sh1tstorm in the next week or so, so even if it does take a bit of a turn for the worse, the ground should be pretty hard anyway which bodes well.

Oh dear, I've started looking in the weather thread - the fest really must be close!

Hopefully any rain we do get softens the ground up enough to get tent pegs in easily, but not enough to churn up under foot. Perfect festival soil consistency. That's all I really care about....soil consistency.

[stuartbert two hats]

I think I am going to join team Norway

I'm joining team Egypt

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Which_is_the_driest_country_in_the_world?#slide=1

[Homer]

Hopefully any rain we do get softens the ground up enough to get tent pegs in easily, but not enough to churn up under foot. Perfect festival soil consistency. That's all I really care about....soil consistency.

The fact is that in 2005 the entire average rainfall for June fell in one morning - and the site still largely recovered by the next day. And they've improved the drainage a shedload since then too.

[ThomThomDrum]

Are you questioning our commitment to the principles of science?

Ha Ha...........well at times when on this thread I find myself wondering if I wandered onto the NFR NFC thread by accident!

[geoffboycott]

Casting my eye out of the window, the sky across Somerset is gin blue, it's another beautiful day here in the Heart of Wessex

[psychology]

Im sat reading this thread on the bus.

I look up and someone has a T-Shirt on with one word on it "BERLIN"....

It might be a sign?

A very positive sign!

[Keithy]

I'm afraid I'm slipping into my traditional ' one week away nervous pessimist mode' now....expect the worst and hope for the best!

[A Guy Called Matt]

Yeah, but they're now giving a single headline max/min figure. They weren't before, they just gave the range.

the gods don't really know as they don't exist.

and your proof of your statement is...............................

NFR NFC my friend

[A Guy Called Matt]

All joking aside (sorry Jeffie!!) part of my work means I have to be outside and have to know what days are good to be outside.

Over the years I have tried many forecasts and all have been more or less pointless until 3 days before (unless a large high pressure is firmly entrenched).

Of all the sites I looked at yr.no is the one I go to to be as sure as possible. Very detaied close to the day..... HOWEVER, 10 days ahead it is about as accurate as my best guess and often does change totally from one day to the next.

What is says now is lovely - but until Sunday I would not really trust what it says for Wednesday.

That's all - science over.... you all know there is only one real way.

Praise the weather gods NFR NFC

[CHRLY]

I've been scanning these boards for over a year now and I still don't know what the fuck nfc nfr or whatever it is means, could someone fill me in???

[majormajormajor]

Basically it is people - actual grown adults, not children - who spend their days on this board posting 'NFR NFC' endlessly under the delusion that the result of said posts will mean the sun shines at the festival.

Edited June 17, 2014 by majormajormajor

[CHRLY]

Basically it is people - grown adults, not children - who spend their days on this board posting 'NFR NFC' endlessly thinking that it will mean the sun shines at the festival.

Hahaha I gathered that but what does it actually stand for?

[majormajormajor]

No fucking rain, no fucking compromise.

[sime]

It stands for 100% bollocks...!

[CHRLY]

Oh right hahaha that's one thing I never knew

[sime]

To be fair though, I can see the attraction to their group and why it's a bit of a laugh but they just take the joke too far sometimes and then it annoys people.

[nickharley]

Surely that whole thread is harmless. just a bit of a joke, they're all pretty friendly on there too to be honest. From what I've seen , it isn't all just "NFR NFC" aha.

[JoeyT]

Imagine a world where both threads lived in harmony with each other.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Imagine just going "NFR NFC" on a loop for, what is it now?, five or six years.

Surely you'd get a bit fed up with it at some point.

[nickharley]

Imagine a world where both threads lived in harmony with each other.

I might be wrong but I'm sure NFR NFC is a splinter group of the weather thread haha.

[CHRLY]

The weather doesn't even bother me I could care less if it rained I still have a great time I just wanted to know what the letters meant