Weather 2016

[Mr.Tease]

5 minutes ago, uscore said:

Rain AND mud together is the worst combination, it's just miserable.

But if it's really muddy, and the rain has stopped, it's still exhausting. Just the ability to sit down every now again makes all the difference.

I never get why people insist you can't sit down if it's muddy and rainy- just put on some waterproof trousers and sit on a bin bag- in fact the mud is quite comfortable to sit on.

[kingmonkey1980]

So glad we've gone for Tangerine Fields this year.  At least that gives us the consolation of not having to pitch a tent or carry anything further than 100m from the car. Busy hope their fields aren't flooded.

[stuartbert two hats]

5 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said:

https://www.yr.no/en/list/hourly/2-2638035/United Kingdom/England/Somerset/Shepton Mallet?i=0

Has downgraded todays rainfall to quite light amounts, other forecasts are saying it's going to be heavy. 

That would be fucking wonderful. Would be the difference between wellies and boots.

[FloorFiller]

Just now, stuartbert two hats said:

That would be fucking wonderful. Would be the difference between wellies and boots.

wellies can get ta fuck - i bought boots, i'm bringing boots, regardless of the struggle

[howlin_pete]

don't think yr has updated this morning yet, would expect the rain predictions on Thursday/Friday to increase now forecasts predict possible thundery conditions

[Trout Mask Replica]

There are metaphysical laws governing weather forecasts.

That is the unpredictability of the forecast is relative to the number of people concerned about it.

[CaledonianGonzo]

wellies can get ta fuck

Testify.  

Watch that instagram of the water bubbling up from the ground and what's the guy wearing? If folk on the site at the minute don't need them......

[CaledonianGonzo]

25 minutes ago, Thunderstruck said:

Surprisingly it looks like warm humid air from the continent will arrive through Wednesday/Thursday. I think somebody mentioned the BBC have already hinted at this but it does bring the risk of thunderstorms, particularly overnight Wednesday into Thursday. 

Some egghead on the Beeb has just confirmed this view.

He said it'll start to feel a lot more summery, but if the site catches a storm square amidships then conditions will go medieval. 

[morph100]

When the totality unreliable weather apps say there is a 70% chance of a downpour tonight that means there is a chance the rain cloud could magically just stop chucking out the wet stuff as it passes over the site yeah?

[Mr.Tease]

Net weather's rain radar is looking ominous for today- it's slow animation makes it particularly creepy.

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=radar;sess=

BBC are doing their usual trick of having two different forecasts on the same site. While their forecast says heavy rain today and tomorrow, their rain chart actually hints the worst of the rain may avoid the site and instead branch off to the north and south.

The Norwegian website goes with this scenario predicting only light rain.

At least we'll know who's more trustworthy after today...

[jparx]

The Norwegians updated at 8:30 this morning and they are still giving a pretty great forecast.

The site is gonna get hammered today and tomorrow morning. It's just a question of how much it's recovered in the last few days and just how much rain will actually fall in the next 24 hours. yr.no is showing a really great day on Tuesday so that should help matters regardless. It's gonna be muddy either way on Wednesday, just a case of how bad.

I'm remaining optimistic. Most of the forecasts are predicted solid weather for during the festival do that's great news.

[parsonjack]

36 minutes ago, kingmonkey1980 said:

So glad we've gone for Tangerine Fields this year.  At least that gives us the consolation of not having to pitch a tent or carry anything further than 100m from the car. Busy hope their fields aren't flooded.

TF tweeted me yesterday to say their fields are looking good with very little mud.

Earlier you get there the better it will be I guess......

[MEGABOWL]

34 minutes ago, FloorFiller said:

wellies can get ta fuck - i bought boots, i'm bringing boots, regardless of the struggle

 

Fair play mate. I'm going out to buy welllies this morning**. Do you see Weather Gods? DO YOU SEE?!?!

 

 

 

** (whispers) I'll keep the receipt though

Edited June 19, 2016 by MEGABOWL

[SwedgeAntilles]

I hate wellies. The only way I'll consider it is it the site is looking like shit at 4pm on Tuesday afternoon, then I'll head out and grab a pair before the shops shut. Other than that it's walking boots FTW.

[djcolsen]

4 minutes ago, SwedgeAntilles said:

I hate wellies. The only way I'll consider it is it the site is looking like shit at 4pm on Tuesday afternoon, then I'll head out and grab a pair before the shops shut. Other than that it's walking boots FTW.

I'll be making the same call on Tuesday, although I don't own any boots either ha

[CaledonianGonzo]

I'll only change to wellies if I get to the site and boots just can't hack it, but given that I wouldn't wear wellies traversing the peat bogs of the highlands I dunno if this will be the year I have to start waddling about the place like Jimmy Cricket.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Beeb's most recent animation of the rain hitting the SW UK later today shows the truly heavy stuff down in the Channel rather than over land.

Edited June 19, 2016 by CaledonianGonzo

[Winslow Leach]

Wellies can get in the sea as far as I'm concerned, got two pairs of Vans and my Docs and the most I'm splashing out on is a new pair of non-canvas trainers.

[Spindles]

Docs will hold up to anything.  They were my weapon of choice for every festival before this one (they are now officially retired) and the only argument I've seen against them seems to be people squeamish about untying muddy laces.  It's only if you are going wading in shin deep liquid mud that you'd have anything to worry about and if you do that rather than walking around the worst mud you deserve all the misery you get, I reckon.  

[broken monkey]

I managed with walking boots throughout the festival in 2007 - Wellies won't be needed trust me!

[Spindles]

7 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

The worst bits of mud on site will be next to the taps where people stop to wash the mud off their boots under a running tap!

Don't get me started!

I will be loudly and drunkenly haranguing every one of these atrocities whenever I see this, just like ever.  If you don't want to get harassed by a scruffy old man you'll scrape them boots with your heel like everyone else.

[Eks101]

I have a feeling everyone will be sitting down. During James.

[Grayman]

Have people seen the videos on YouTube? Looks quite scary...

 

[uscore]

12 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

The worst bits of mud on site will be next to the taps where people stop to wash the mud off their boots under a running tap!

Oh God, I'd forgotten about this.

 

I thought the worst people on earth were those who brushed their teeth at the sinks, causing massive queues at the sinks, when you can clearly brush your teeth by your tent.

 

But washing your boots at the sinks causing massive puddles also deserves a place in hell 

[Spindles]

Just now, uscore said:

I thought the worst people on earth were those who brushed their teeth at the sinks, causing massive queues at the sinks, when you can clearly brush your teeth by your tent.

2 words mate:  Hair washers.

Another word: c**ts.