Weather thread 2015

[Chazwozza]

I am missing the squiffy period.... it doesn't seem normal...

Don't worry briddj - I've found that it normally sets in about 8 pm on Weds centred on the Ridge and Furrow, and leaves a bit of a depression in its wake on Thu morning...

[mr gumby]

I'm posting this in both the NFR NFC thread and the Weather thread, in the hope we can avoid the silliness (bordering on nastiness) we ended up with last year. There was some banter last year between the two threads, which is fine, but it ended up getting unpleasant, which is pointless and unnecessary. Those who post on the NFR NFC thread do so because they enjoy it and have made friends. New posters are always made welcome, as long as they are there to be friendly and not to start an argument. Likewise, posters on the Weather thread have a shared interest, and discuss it. Can we please please leave it at that, and enjoy the last few weeks of building excitement before the festival, rather than descending into petty squabbles like we did last year?

I hope everyone on both threads has a fantastic festival, with fantastic weather (whether you follow forecasts or weather gods!)

[H.M.V]

For anyone interested in another source for weather watching I would recommend this thread. Its Ireland centric but does take in the UK. One of the most thanked posters on the boards and his forecasts are pretty spot on.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055579971&page=248

[**claire**]

It does seem worryingly positive at the moment. It doesn't feel like it's the usual rollercoaster.

I was thinking the same earlier tonight whilst strolling round a very sunny field with the dog - I'm usually very cautiously pessimistic at this stage of proceedings, but this year I'm feeling pretty confident that it's going to be a vintage year for weather.

[Wooderson]

Doesn't matter. One 30 minute pissfest can turn the place into a mudbath.

"Pissfest". Lol

[Wooderson]

It's good to hear JACKONE can get wifi from his padded cell.

[myers]

I was thinking the same earlier tonight whilst strolling round a very sunny field with the dog - I'm usually very cautiously pessimistic at this stage of proceedings, but this year I'm feeling pretty confident that it's going to be a vintage year for weatherim

I'm with you on this!

[Ted Dansons Wig]

On the Tuesday of the festival a few places were reporting it. But I've yet to see a complete festival spanning forecast thats been accurate before the gates have opened.

In short, we're fucked.

Ace post. Made my laugh out loud on the train. The man is a GOD.

A very very miserable God - but a God nonetheless.

[fur_q]

Errm .... So ... I'm not the superstitious type, but has anyone mentioned what happened last time the Who and the Chemical Brothers headlined on the Sunday night.

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Errm .... So ... I'm not the superstitious type, but has anyone mentioned what happened last time the Who and the Chemical Brothers headlined on the Sunday night.

And this time will make up for it

[Guest]

Errm .... So ... I'm not the superstitious type, but has anyone mentioned what happened last time the Who and the Chemical Brothers headlined on the Sunday night.

It was cold and rainy. The Nal is right - we're definitely stuffed.

On Wednesday, the Met Office were forecasting thunder storms for last night. Needless to say, there's been no rain or thunder at all. I have more faith in my Auntie Fanny's seaweed (which incidently is dry at present which means there's an occluded front wrapped around the Azores Finger or something like that ......)

Edited June 5, 2015 by Ommadawn

[sime]

Love this weather thread It's becoming a daily fix

[Spindles]

Yeah, essential reading this time of year and I would hope that people appreciate that we should accommodate the light hearted posts, serious data, debate and speculation alike. No point anyone getting sniffy about what other people post.

[JoeyT]

A post from the folks over on the netweather forum to start the day:

Latest EC32 update.

Firstly it has the upper trough feeding down from the pole and slack LP over France next weekend.bringing slightly lower than average temps.

But it is quite transitory as low pressure over the Pole eases and and the Azores ridge builds slowly from the SW and warmer air arrives with temps slightly above normal by the 24th.

This ridging never becomes dominant and with the HP centred to the SW and low pressure over Greenland a slack zonal flow ensues mainly from the W/SW with temps around average more or less to the end of the run to the 6th July.

Summary

Apart from next weekend a fairly pleasant outlook with perhaps some warm weather in the third week of June

[markrkp]

Hope it's not like it was here an hour ago!

[Spindles]

Ah, looked pretty grim my way when the sun came up, but it's looking grand now. Was a nice warm nice when the cloud had descended as well, many would take that as an ideal night for the festival.

[Ted Dansons Wig]

Staying in a hotel in Lewes for work. Breakfast on the patio this morning. Summers here and the time is right.

[Dog Burger]

Really felt like a Glastonbury morning today on the way to work. The smell in the air and the look of the clouds just reminded me of so many happy days at Worthy Farm Was beautifully sunny and warm when I left the house in Bristol at 8, but had clouded over and looking like it's going to rain by the time I reached Bath...

[JoeyT]

Really felt like a Glastonbury morning today on the way to work. The smell in the air and the look of the clouds just reminded me of so many happy days at Worthy Farm Was beautifully sunny and warm when I left the house in Bristol at 8, but had clouded over and looking like it's going to rain by the time I reached Bath...

I'm in Bath too. Hoping the sun comes out by 12 so I can go sit in Queen Square in the sunshine and listen to some music!

[richy24]

Really felt like a Glastonbury morning today on the way to work. The smell in the air and the look of the clouds just reminded me of so many happy days at Worthy Farm Was beautifully sunny and warm when I left the house in Bristol at 8, but had clouded over and looking like it's going to rain by the time I reached Bath...

It really felt like Glastonbury when I woke up this morning too - Thunderstorms and absolutely lashing it down!

Soon cleared up though!

[Magma]

Nice tolerance, Magma. I sure hope we meet up at Glastonbury. Just the sort of spirit that I was hoping to encounter, for my first visit to the farm.

Ben

Aww, I'm sowwy benny.

You carry on over in that thread, I'm not judging or saying you shouldn't - it's not like I'm asking someone to close it or even posting complaints inside the thread, I'm just saying from the safety of a more 'weathery' thread that it's not what I was looking for/expected when I went in for the first time in a couple of years - I've purposefully kept myself to this thread rather than sullying the off-topic happiness inside the NFR/NFC thread with my weather paranoia... I'm just saying I'd like to be part of a weather thread that's actually about, you know, weather - I haven't really got time to keep up with a 1000 page thread that hasn't got a lot of weather talk in it. It's great for those inside, I'm sure.

Forums like this are big enough for many different approaches to conversation, just like Glastonbury is big enough for many different approaches to festival fun. Do it your way, don't worry about me!

ANYWAY - WEATHER

Walked through a thunderstorm on my way to work this morning - sitting in my wet clothes watching the blazing sun come out through the window. Must be Glastonbury season!

Edited June 5, 2015 by Magma

[Chazwozza]

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ANYWAY - WEATHER

Walked through a thunderstorm on my way to work this morning - sitting in my wet clothes watching the blazing sun come out through the window. Must be Glastonbury season!

Aha! So you ARE a True Believer then! None but a True Believer would sacrifice themselves to the Weather Gods in such a dramatic and selfless way. All Praise the Weather Gods!

PS NFR NFC, obvs

[jeffie]

Aha! So you ARE a True Believer then! None but a True Believer would sacrifice themselves to the Weather Gods in such a dramatic and selfless way. All Praise the Weather Gods!

PS NFR NFC, obvs

ChazW, unmasked him lol

[The Placid Casual]

I'm in Bath too. Hoping the sun comes out by 12 so I can go sit in Queen Square in the sunshine and listen to some music!

Yesterday I went to a pub quiz where one of the questions was, 'What is the only city in Somerset?'

I got rather confused.

[Magma]

Oh, I'm certainly Weather God friendly. I obviously missed whatever weather-set-to happened last year creating the weather-schism... I thought we were all still worshipping under the same leaky weather-spire. I feel like I've turned up to a post-reformation church holding a golden statue of Christ.

My time-honoured way to appease the Weather Gods is to plan for 2007, pray for 2010, avoid the merest suggestion that a light shower can have a positive impact and spend at least a good three weeks feigning a good and proper understanding of meteorological pressure forecasts before admitting on the Tuesday night that I have absolutely no idea what's going to happen and prostrating myself at the mercy of the micro-climate.

Edited June 5, 2015 by Magma