Weather 2016

[Drinky]

Looking at those charts... I thought it definitely rained on the Saturday morning in 2004 (I remember sheltering at Chez  Nous down near the Cider Bus eating breakfast while it belted down)

[4AssedMonkey]

Hang on.  Just a thought, was 2014 on the Saturday when there was that almighty thunderstorm that closed a load of stages?  Did it really put down that much rain in that short time?  Blinkin' Flip!

[mario man]

3 minutes ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

Hang on.  Just a thought, was 2014 on the Saturday when there was that almighty thunderstorm that closed a load of stages?  Did it really put down that much rain in that short time?  Blinkin' Flip!

The thunderstorm was on the Friday but there was also heavy rain on the Saturday - during Robert plant I think

[somecoolusername]

13 hours ago, fur_q said:

No but I've just found the daily rainfall data going back to 2000 for Yeovilton (the nearest weather station)

Totals are in mm, 2014 looks a bit off to me but remember this is a few miles away

Definitely not accurate for Wednesday 2011. It pissed it down! I arrived alone laden down with stuff as my friends couldn't come until Thursday and pitched the tent virtually blind. It was raining so hard I couldn't see a thing! I also ruined a pair of shoes in the mud though I suppose that's my fault for not wearing my wellies (it was sunny when I left London...)

[davidd]

7 minutes ago, somecoolusername said:

Definitely not accurate for Wednesday 2011. It pissed it down! I arrived alone laden down with stuff as my friends couldn't come until Thursday and pitched the tent virtually blind. It was raining so hard I couldn't see a thing! I also ruined a pair of shoes in the mud though I suppose that's my fault for not wearing my wellies (it was sunny when I left London...)

Yup, we arrived in our minibus and my mate to slow it to a crawl as the rain was that heavy for about 5 mins he couldn't really see.  Brightened up considerably after an hour or so and was great by the mid-afternoon i think.

[sime]

I'm at Common People in Southampton tomorrow and rain is forecast. I'll use it as practice for Glastonbury...!

[Dr Glasto]

5 hours ago, fur_q said:

Saturday total for 2014 is the he one that looks a bit off to me, whereas most of the others seem to tally quite well with my experience. Remember that although this is the nearest weather station it's still 14 miles away but overall I think it does give a good mesure of the different conditions in different years

Yeah Saturday 2014 can't be right. It definitely didn't rain that much. Did it? How drunk was I????

[Michaelgball]

4 minutes ago, Dr Glasto said:

Yeah Saturday 2014 can't be right. It definitely didn't rain that much. Did it? How drunk was I????

The state i was in in 2014.. if there was actually that much rain, without a shadow of a doubt, I would have managed to drown. I'm still here, it must be wrong

Edited May 27, 2016 by Michaelgball

[cazzatron]

4 hours ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

You forgot the sandstorms, plagues of locust, forest fires, biblical tidal floods and the curse of spontaneously combusting tents.

This description is fairly close to my experience at Southside 2011 in Germany. Hope the weather is good for Glasto

[russycarps]

the first time I've opened this year's weather thread and just like every other year it's full of doom and gloom.

FFS!

[fur_q]

In reply to all those questioning the validity, it's the data for the nearest wearther station (which is 14 miles away),I stated that clearly so the data is 'accurate' as presented.  

 

 

[Greenelk]

On ‎24‎/‎05‎/‎2016 at 9:38 AM, devonhammer said:

J10 (formerly known as JackOne) has started posting on NetWeather:

 

The first JackOne update is when I know we're really close, nearly there...

https://www.netweather.tv/forum/topic/85641-glastonbury-2016-22-26-june/

 

Edited May 27, 2016 by Greenelk

[scaryclaireyfairy]

If Percy was on the Satuday, it did tip it down for a fair while.  I went and hid in my tent.  Sun didn't break through til he sang that rainbow song.

[Finding leto14]

Efestivals says it's going to be Hot!

[Finding leto14]

Another day, another change in forecast! Doom and gloom banished for another day!

pack this anoraks away and pack that factor 50 suncream (ok maybe a bit excessive)

[kaytee...]

I wont believe accuweather anymore. Took a brolly to work yesterday based on their forecast and it was a bloody scorcher.

I remember using metcheck years ago and that seemed fairly accurate - well as accurate as you can probably get with guessing the british weather

[Familiar2billions]

The change in accuweathers forecast is crazy, not a slight budge but a huge swing from rain and fu*ked to sunshine and good times. As mentioned, you cant trust them at all. Yet strangely, i still greeted their forecast change with excitement!

Edited May 28, 2016 by Familiar2billions

[rumpola]

1 hour ago, kaytee... said:

I remember using metcheck years ago and that seemed fairly accurate - well as accurate as you can probably get with guessing the british weather

The same metcheck that was predicting 274mph winds a few years back?

[Spindles]

I've seen metcheck predict temperatures of over 700c also.  Clearly has a difficulty differentiating between Pilton, Somerset and the lesser visited Pilton, Venus.

[billum]

9 minutes ago, Spindles said:

I've seen metcheck predict temperatures of over 700c also.  Clearly has a difficulty differentiating between Pilton, Somerset and the lesser visited Pilton, Venus.

I think you've just discovered the secret new festival location! Just think how much they'd save on the address re-printing costs...

[kaytee...]

1 hour ago, rumpola said:

The same metcheck that was predicting 274mph winds a few years back?

Exactly why I don't use it anymore 

[bamber]

On 21/04/2016 at 9:10 AM, The Nal said:

He'll have to escape first. Hes in Broadmoor after they found a bus load of partially eaten school children buried in his garden.

My very favorite posts are Nal Weather thread posts.

[djdavejohnson]

Anything like today will be perfect. It's warm and sunny here in Colchester!

[Andycamper]

They can't even predict the weather accurately for a week ahead unless it's a dominating high pressure so I take monthly predictions with a pinch of salt.

It has rained at least once 7 out of 8 times I have been there, we all hope for a 2010 again but the odds are in favour of rain and it doesn't really matter anyway because everyone still has a great time rain or shine and they always want to come back for more.

[Lubic]

On 27/05/2016 at 9:16 AM, 4AssedMonkey said:

Saturday 2014 is way, way off IMO.  It didn't put that much down I'm sure.  It rained persistently on Wednesday in 2011 too as it was the one year I got rained on in the queue and putting up the tent.  Wasn't heavy but it rained for hours.

 

On 27/05/2016 at 11:09 AM, fur_q said:

Yes having been to alm those festivals (excluding 2000) Saturday 2014 is the only one that doesn't tally my memory of the festival, interestingly Filton (near Bristol, the next nearest station) only recorded 0.8 mm

It absolutely hammered it down for an hour or so on the saturday afternoon. Pretty much as soon as Lana Del Rey left the stage. It was pretty hot during her set and later that evening though.

Hard to compare it to the friday storms though as I was sheltered in the JP throughout the power cut.