Weather thread 2015

[Untz]

I asked this question around this time last year, and got some good mixed responses:

Theoretically, how much would you pay for the guarantee of no rain over the full duration of the festival?

I think right now I'd stretch to £200.

 

I don't think it's as simple as saying no rain.

 

I'd rather have one short shower with 23 degrees and sunny skies for the rest of the festival than bone dry, 16 degrees every day complete with heavy cloud and wind.

 

I'd pay £100 for it to be better than 2014 though.

[bennyhana22]

One thing is absolutely certain between next Wednesday and Monday - there will be rain at Glastonbury. The make or break is how much...and we just won't know the answer to that till we're there on the ground.

 

Without trying to be confrontational, stopwn1981, rain at Glastonbury between next Wednesday and the following Monday is possible, probable, even likely, but it is most definitely not absolutely certain! The sun rising every morning and setting every evening is possibly the only thing that can legitimately be described as 'absolutely certain'!

 

If Bill pisses off and the high pressure remains, there is a reasonable chance of a cloudy, slightly dull, but entirely dry Glastonbury.

 

Life is fun when your glass is a half full!

 

 

Ben

Edited June 18, 2015 by bennyhana22

[bennyhana22]

I asked this question around this time last year, and got some good mixed responses:

Theoretically, how much would you pay for the guarantee of no rain over the full duration of the festival?

I think right now I'd stretch to £200.

 

I'd pay enough to be part of a collective raising sufficient for Michael to destroy the atmosphere with cloud busting chemicals for 5 days!

 

Ben

[Swine_Glasto2014]

Why is it certain? Hasn't rained once this week atall..

[bennyhana22]

Why is it certain? Hasn't rained once this week atall..

 

The Voice Of Reason^TM

 

(though it might piss down, obviously)

 

 

Ben

[SimplyFred]

That's absolutely certain, is it? There's not even 0.1% chance of it being cloudy but dry?

[CaledonianGonzo]

This is the report from a year ago today. (Thursday before the festival)

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/19/glastonbury-2014-early-weather-forecast-looks-dry

[stopwn1981]

The Voice Of Reason^TM

(though it might piss down, obviously)

Ben[/quote

Nailed on certainty

[Starchild771]

Good morning weather thread addicts     What will today bring?

[JoeyT]

To be fair the amount of rain forecast tues - sat is currently still only 7mm...

[stopwn1981]

I'm daring it to prove me wrong (reverse psychology and all that). Plus if I'm mentally prepared for it, I can then get my head down and party through it with ease.

[SimplyFred]

I will start taking this seriously on about Monday I think, until then this is one of the most infuriatingly addictive and entertaining reads I think I've ever had thanks to the mass outbreak of paranoid panic blowing in from the East whenever there's a slightly negative forecast.

[math125]

Good morning weather thread addicts     What will today bring?

obsessing about Glastonbury weather obviously

[CaledonianGonzo]

To be fair the amount of rain forecast tues - sat is currently still only 7mm...

Light showerage will conspire to ensure that airborne particles of particulate matter are prevented from levitating via aeolian process

[LionelRichT]

Kill Bill then we should be OK!

[Swine_Glasto2014]

Just as long as arrival day is nice, fuck the rest. Water proofs, cider and Glastonbuuuryyyy

[Spindles]

Kill Bill then we should be OK!

I have nothing but admiration for your avatar.  I am strangely and inexorably drawn to it.

[mrpman]

Just as long as arrival day is nice, fuck the rest. Water proofs, cider and Glastonbuuuryyyy

 

Yes. Arriving, queuing and tent time are no fun in the rain.

Rest of it I can manage.  Note, I didn't go in 2007 though.

[Swine_Glasto2014]

Nor me and I don't take a tent

[ThomThomDrum]

The sun rising every morning and setting every evening is possibly the only thing that can legitimately be described as 'absolutely certain'!

 

 

Nope. The Sun could be destroyed overnight and it wont rise as a consequence, so its not absolutely certain, but it is of course extremely likely

 

"Absolutely Certain"? Probably death is the only thing approaching absolute certainty we can be sure of universally..............but then thats up for debate too isnt it?

 

Maybe the only true certainty in the universe is that there is no absolute certainty?  

[majormajormajor]

Latest runs suggest temps won't get above 20C.

 

But remember, that's in the shade -- if the sun ever gets out, it'll be warmer.

[Notmegov]

 

 

"Absolutely Certain"? Probably death is the only thing approaching absolute certainty we can be sure of universally..............but then thats up for debate too isnt it?

 

Maybe the only true certainty in the universe is that there is no absolute certainty?

 

The only true certainty in the world is what my mechanic says, and i quote "if its got tits or tyres it will cost you money" 

[nban2010]

I will wholeheartedly take this.

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/events/glastonbury-festival#?tab=fiveDay&map=SignificantWeather&zoom=8&lon=-2.72&lat=51.15&fcTime=1434582000

[Homer]

I will wholeheartedly take this.

 

http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/events/glastonbury-festival#?tab=fiveDay&map=SignificantWeather&zoom=8&lon=-2.72&lat=51.15&fcTime=1434582000

What. the Foo Fighters headlining?!

[The Placid Casual]

The forecast from BBC is basically perfect. Dry and in the high teens. STICK STICK STICK!