Jump to content

Don't Miss a Beat

Join the UK's most passionate festival community. Keep up with the latest conversations, line-up rumours, and music news.

250,000+ Members

Connect with a massive network of fellow festival-goers.

Lively Discussions

Thousands of active topics on music, campsites, and tips.

Hot Rumours & News

Hear about secret sets and lineup drops before anyone else.

Create Free Account
OR

  • Sign Up!

    Join our friendly community of music lovers and be part of the fun 😎

Weather

matt_berr

By matt_berr
in Chat

 Share

Recommended Posts

A Guy Called Matt Newbie

A Guy Called Matt

Posted
Posted

Yeah. One totally dry festie in 8 years. :lol:

Think this year could be very good. Certainly not going to be a mudbath at any stage by the looks of it. Could be the perfect weather, not too hot, little rain, no wind, no mud.

Obviously not enough praising going on then LOL

That said, signs at the moment are very very promising - but still to early to be sure.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
  • Replies 4.2k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

frostypaw Enthusiast

frostypaw

Posted
Posted

2003 wasn't totally dry, it rained two or three times but never got past a bit of surface scum-mud. It takes quite a lot to mess things up. I doubt last year's rain would have done anything if it had been 12 hrs earlier, even 12 hrs later would have helped - it was the flood of incoming people that churned it all up so badly

In 04 it went back and forth coming on seven times I swear. We were playing in jazzworld you could pour a pint on the floor, turn that square foot or two into cratered muddy mess and watch it dry out and flatten to normal in less than an hour - ridiculous thing to do i know however we were very very drunk at the time.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
jeffie Newbie

jeffie

Posted
Posted

So this NRNC campaign is a complete failure then. Please stop ruining everyones festival!

Nah, it's this lot doubting all the time :banghead:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Woffy Enthusiast

Woffy

Posted
Posted

No its you lot with your mindless positivity!

Stop being so happy! You're making everyone miserable!

I do sympathise to some extent.

The self-righteousness of the pious...

...and fucking cyclists...

...can grate somewhat.

Fucking happy people. Bastards.

Empiricism and science never created great art.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
alibear Contributor

alibear

Posted
Posted

So Accuweather is predicting 1mm on Wednesday (25th) and 17mm on the Saturday, with most of that falling at night. Did someone say 10mm fell on Thursday last year? Do you think 17mm clear up as quickly as the rain did last year or is that enough to cause a bit of a mudbath? Hopefully things will change before then.

(I'm a bit panicky about the rain as my hubby is coming too and he uses a wheelchair, which do not mix well with mud, as we found out in 2013!)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
tumbles Community Regular

tumbles

Posted
Posted

So Accuweather is predicting 1mm on Wednesday (25th) and 17mm on the Saturday, with most of that falling at night. Did someone say 10mm fell on Thursday last year? Do you think 17mm clear up as quickly as the rain did last year or is that enough to cause a bit of a mudbath? Hopefully things will change before then.

(I'm a bit panicky about the rain as my hubby is coming too and he uses a wheelchair, which do not mix well with mud, as we found out in 2013!)

17mm overnight, wouldn't be much of a problem at all and probably dry by midday. I personally think it was more than 10mm last year on the Thursday.. it rained constantly for 6+ hours.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Swine_Glasto2014 Rookie

Swine_Glasto2014

Posted
Posted (edited)

It's over a week away, predictions of mm of rain and temperatures should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Two weeks ago in Swindon they forcast terrible weather on the Saturday, amber rain and wind for the morning and afternoon. That was the friday night, it rained for about half hour early Saturday and was lovely the rest of weekend.

It's all bollox.

Edited by Swine_Glasto2014
Link to comment
Share on other sites
scaryclaireyfairy Community Regular

scaryclaireyfairy

Posted
Posted

About the German/French thing, I think it was because there was a threat of a finger of low pressure coming from France. Or maybe a high they weren't sharing. There was definitely a French finger though. Meanwhile some German weather office predicted a heat wave. Add some World Cup and positive = German.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Swine_Glasto2014 Rookie

Swine_Glasto2014

Posted
Posted

I thought that one was well flagged up wasn't it? I spent a few very pleasant hours in the bar watching it bucket down with the (near) certainty that there would be no more wet for the weekend.

If it's going to rain, Thursday is the day for it!

I don't usually watch the weather like I have so far this year

Link to comment
Share on other sites
stevieweevil Rookie

stevieweevil

Posted
Posted

About the German/French thing, I think it was because there was a threat of a finger of low pressure coming from France. Or maybe a high they weren't sharing. There was definitely a French finger though. Meanwhile some German weather office predicted a heat wave. Add some World Cup and positive = German.

I remember the french finger of 2010! It was definitely a good thing though, not a cold finger. This thread needs Steve Murr back!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
fred quimby Grand Master

fred quimby

Posted
Posted

I assume we are all following the netweather Glastonbury blog

sorry if it has been posted

Summary

Positives
The Upper Charts keep an upper ridge close to or over the UK


Neutral
The ECM runs keep High Pressure close to but not over the UK.
The 12Hz Ensembles are a bit better than the 06Hz run

Negatives
Both Operational GFS runs have low presure and heavy rain forecast to start the festival, but drying up over the weekend in both cases.
The 06Hz GEFS Ensembles look wet and unsettled for the festival, especially to start.

A further downward trend today, and back up to 6.0 on the 0=Dustbowl, 10 = Heatwave Scale

With today's charts indicating the real chance of mud bath conditions to start the festival, although this should dry out very quickly. It is also very interesting to see if the current trend of low pressure edging up from the South and South east in the run-up to the festival is maintained.
Going Forward

I'll update the NOAA upper chart animation tomorrow, and some of the ensembles on Wednesday, probably the rainfall one.

Link to comment
Share on other sites
kalifire Grand Master

kalifire

Posted
Posted (edited)

A couple of weeks ago, there were widespread reports of storms in Somerset even less than a week before they were scheduled to happen. They never did and it was actually quite lovely.

We'll know what the weather is like when we get there. My experience is that unless they're certain it's going to rain, it's usually better than predicted.

Edited by kalifire
Link to comment
Share on other sites
stuartbert two hats Grand Master

stuartbert two hats

Posted
Posted

I assume we are all following the netweather Glastonbury blog

sorry if it has been posted

Summary

Positives

The Upper Charts keep an upper ridge close to or over the UK

Neutral

The ECM runs keep High Pressure close to but not over the UK.

The 12Hz Ensembles are a bit better than the 06Hz run

Negatives

Both Operational GFS runs have low presure and heavy rain forecast to start the festival, but drying up over the weekend in both cases.

The 06Hz GEFS Ensembles look wet and unsettled for the festival, especially to start.

A further downward trend today, and back up to 6.0 on the 0=Dustbowl, 10 = Heatwave Scale

With today's charts indicating the real chance of mud bath conditions to start the festival, although this should dry out very quickly. It is also very interesting to see if the current trend of low pressure edging up from the South and South east in the run-up to the festival is maintained.

Going Forward

I'll update the NOAA upper chart animation tomorrow, and some of the ensembles on Wednesday, probably the rainfall one.

In case anyone doesn't realise, this is yesterday's blog post - the expectations are for an improvement in the outlook later today.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Unfortunately, your content contains terms that we do not allow. Please edit your content to remove the highlighted words below.
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

Loading...
×
 Share
Go to topic listing

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.

  • Latest Activity

    • TheFellaLondon
      Travelling to and from the site on a day ticket

      By TheFellaLondon · Posted

      Thanks so much - that's very helpful. Someone else mentioned getting a train from Loughborough to East Midlands Parkway, and then a festival shuttle from there to the site. I think they were then going to come back on the Skylink Derby to Loughborough - I assume this is because the trains don't run as late as the Skylink, otherwise they would just come back the same way they came?! Is the transport hub a long way from the main stage? Just wondering what time I would need to leave Linkin Park to be sure of getting a shuttle. As I say, I am sure it will all be clear on the day, even after a few beers! Just hope the rain stays away...
    • pipan
      Primavera Sound 2026

      By pipan · Posted

      I really don't think they would put Olivia Rodrigo on Occident stage. If it was her, they would put her in earlier Mordor slot and move Big Thief or Little Simz to Occident.   Fontaines DC are more probable, but don't really match the hype. However, again, if the hype was real, the artist would end up in Mordor.   That being said, I would love to see Fontaines DC tonight.
    • phil the shrew
      Visiting the site outside the festival

      By phil the shrew · Posted

      After all the good advice on here I had a nice visit to the site earlier in the week.    Walked down from Pilton village to Hitchen Hill and down the footpath to the Wood by Woodies.    Really strange seeing the site empty of 100,000 people. There is far more hedges and woodland on the site than you remember when the festival is on. Can see the stone circle and some structures still up on site. And looks like Worthy View has some camping going on there during the summer too.   Lots was fenced off with electric fencing to help wth the cattle grazing. Is really amazing how they set up the site as its hard enough accessing the area by car and foot nevermind all the kit needed to set the festival up. As others said you can't walk the whole site but nice to see the site again after a few years away   Pilton is also a lovely village with a nice village hall shop and post office attached, and got to speak to some locals who told me a few tales of past festivals down the years. One house for sale there would be lovely to live in - if only I had £2 million going spare     
    • water.people
      Primavera Sound 2026

      By water.people · Posted

      6music just shared a video of all of Fontaines DC singing along to the Cure last night. It'll be them. Booooo    Olivia might get up for I Love You though...
    • westholtschic
      2027 Stage Predictions

      By westholtschic · Posted

      Would take this thank you 

  • Latest Festival News

    Oslo's Oya Festival announces final artists for 2026 lineup
    Oslo's Oya Festival announces final artists for 2026 lineup
    20 May
    Green Man Festival announce comedy line-up for 2026
    Green Man Festival announce comedy line-up for 2026
    14 May
    Canterbury to host New Summer Music Festival, Canterbury Live
    Canterbury to host New Summer Music Festival, Canterbury Live
    6 May
    Ye Blocked From UK: How Wireless Unraveled
    Ye Blocked From UK: How Wireless Unraveled
    7 Apr
    Ye To Headline All Three Days Of Wireless Festival 2026
    Ye To Headline All Three Days Of Wireless Festival 2026
    31 Mar
    More Festival News

  • Featured Products

  • Hot Topics

  • Latest Tourdates

×
×
  • Create New...