Weather 2016

[TheBurns]

2 minutes ago, Mezhyp1 said:

I got absolutely fucking wet standing at the pyramid, I'm sure it was the tail end of Alabama Shakes, my phone suffered massively fatal water damage 

I had to leave after realising we left all the windows on the tent open! Wont make that mistake again

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

I think I posted something a few pages back that showed historically the rain on the Friday amounted to 2mm in total.

I remember it being relatively heavy and lasting a few hours, but if some forecasts are showing 1.7mm across the whole weekend, or 0.1 or 0.2mm a day then that's just going to amount to a few showers here or there and will be irrelevant.

1.5-2mm a day would mean the ground would be absolutely fuckes though.

[Thunderstruck]

Trend at the moment is for more settled weather with possibly quite warm conditions that may develop around the start/during the festival. This is based on the Met Office Medium range forecast and the GFS model.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just now, Thunderstruck said:

Trend at the moment is for more settled weather with possibly quite warm conditions that may develop around the start/during the festival. This is based on the Met Office Medium range forecast and the GFS model.

 

[stuartbert two hats]

10 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

I think I posted something a few pages back that showed historically the rain on the Friday amounted to 2mm in total.

I remember it being relatively heavy and lasting a few hours, but if some forecasts are showing 1.7mm across the whole weekend, or 0.1 or 0.2mm a day then that's just going to amount to a few showers here or there and will be irrelevant.

1.5-2mm a day would mean the ground would be absolutely fuckes though.

Absolutely fucked is a bit extreme.  It would be muddy enough to not sit down in most places, not totally churned up so clumps of mud stick to your boots.

[CaledonianGonzo]

You would lose the grass in most areas.  Once that's happened, to my mind the site is still trashed, even if it dries off and sitting down becomes feasible again.

[not worthy]

So, a wee bit of cloud to keep the burn off, a shower or two to keep the dust down and a bin bag in pocket to sit down anywhere.

Perfect....stick!

[shuttlep]

i would take last years weather again please

 

 

i would never go and watch Mary J Bilge again, never been so miserable

[CaledonianGonzo]

That clip of No More Dramas is probably the best bit of footage I've seen from last year's event.

[Brave Sir Robin]

This thread just feels like frivolous gossip until @pedmills starts his predicted rainfall charts.

[devonhammer]

That GFS run looking like an outlier. Much better now. The Atlantic low is a worry if this is what happens (long long way off). It starts much stronger and will cause rain in the run up and Thursday/Friday, but then weakens.

[gluther]

2 minutes ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

This thread just feels like frivolous gossip until @pedmills starts his predicted rainfall charts.

Any idea if he's doing those again this year?

[Brave Sir Robin]

Just now, gluther said:

Any idea if he's doing those again this year?

He will. It is written.

[The Nal]

21 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

That clip of No More Dramas is probably the best bit of footage I've seen from last year's event.

Probably the single best "moment" from last year. Apart from of all of Patti Smith obviously. 

As for the 2mm per day isn't much cobblers. That means showers throughout the day. Every day. Not able to sit down and getting sprinkled on from above. No thanks. 

[Belfast Digital Monkey]

39 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

That clip of No More Dramas is probably the best bit of footage I've seen from last year's event.

[Belfast Digital Monkey]

http://www.dailymotion.com/embed/video/x2wn0f1

Edited June 8, 2016 by Belfast Digital Monkey

[Thunderstruck]

31 minutes ago, devonhammer said:

That GFS run looking like an outlier. Much better now. The Atlantic low is a worry if this is what happens (long long way off). It starts much stronger and will cause rain in the run up and Thursday/Friday, but then weakens.

If you could run that forward for a few days it would likely produce a scorcher. And then possibly severe thunderstorms

[CaledonianGonzo]

26 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Probably the single best "moment" from last year. 

I wasn't even there.

Was (probably) watching The Gaslamp Killer on West Holts

 

[Guest]

Well its just started pissing down here. Should I do some Glastonbury prep by running from the Tesco shelter to the car?

[FuzzyDunlop]

29 minutes ago, eastynh said:

Well its just started pissing down here. Should I do some Glastonbury prep by running from the Tesco shelter to the car?

Not here in the city centre

[Guest]

2 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

Not here in the city centre

Seriously? I am 2 miles away and the heavens just opened with a biblical storm and a shitload of thunder & lightning.

[devonhammer]

I know it's early doors, but one thing we don't have is a blocking high over Greenland. This  would push North Atlantic lows further South over the top of us and, thankfully, it doesn't seem to be making an appearance.

[**claire**]

Nobody look at the webcam right now...

[Padgey]

7 minutes ago, **claire** said:

Nobody look at the webcam right now...

Stop scaring people!

[CaledonianGonzo]

13 minutes ago, devonhammer said:

I know it's early doors, but one thing we don't have is a blocking high over Greenland. This  would push North Atlantic lows further South over the top of us and, thankfully, it doesn't seem to be making an appearance.

This is the kind of hopeful and vaguely informed prognostication that I rely on this thread for.