Weather 2016

[bigfurbdogg]

3 minutes ago, danbailey80 said:

2 questions;

There are lots of different apps and websites for weather. Which ones use different sources? I.e there is no point in downloading the BBC and the Metoffice as they are the same things/ use the same charts. I think accuweather and weather channel are also the same. So which ones should I keep an eye on? Surely there is at the most 4/5 different sources?

 

Also when does Jackone start?

Jackone's not doing his blogging this year due to other commitments i believe.

[Madyaker]

My advice would be don't bother looking at forecasts until next weekend at the earliest, it's just educated guesswork until then.

[ghostdancer1]

the latest model runs look OK, especially for Sunday!

[Drfoxxx]

Jackone has already started his blog, last update when I checked was 8th june. 

[The Nal]

38 minutes ago, bigfurbdogg said:

Jackone's not doing his blogging this year due to other commitments i believe.

He can't even get out on compassionate day release this year after they found those little childrens bones buried in his garden. 

[Junglist1981]

I feel a weather spreadsheet coming on...

[nban2010]

1 hour ago, ghostdancer1 said:

the latest model runs look OK, especially for Sunday!

The precipitation models look nasty though. All touch and go at the mo!

[devonhammer]

1 hour ago, danbailey80 said:

2 questions;

There are lots of different apps and websites for weather. Which ones use different sources? I.e there is no point in downloading the BBC and the Metoffice as they are the same things/ use the same charts. I think accuweather and weather channel are also the same. So which ones should I keep an eye on? Surely there is at the most 4/5 different sources?

 

Also when does Jackone start?

This is the list I use:

GFS

GFS Ensemble

TWO

Meteox

WeatherCast

Met Office

ECM

YR.NO

[Spindles]

4 hours ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Probably Meet The Beatles length, something like that.

I made the same mistake as you in 2009.  Number 1 the weekend before the festival, having been a long hair all my life, so my poor scalp had never seen such sights.  I was stuck in the park and ride for hours, with my suncream lost deep in my rucksack and when I finally got on site at 3:30 I was not in a good way.  As soon as the tent was pitched I bought a sunhat but by Saturday it was REALLY uncomfortable to wear.  I didn't blister but the skin damage is still visible to this day where I've since receded.

I'm currently at Let It Be length and coming to terms with the fact that the ever shrinking headland of hair at the front will soon be a lonely island in the sea of scalp and I'll have to go bald with dignity.  For now I say fuck dignity and viva self delusion.

[TaylorT]

So, the Wednesday is looking rather dogs muck. We still have millions of time to change dont we? Dont we? 

The scars getting in and setting up in battering rain in 2011 are still healing for me so i really hope this is just a blip in the weather rollercoaster. Please dear god. 

[brettredmayne]

21 minutes ago, TaylorT said:

So, the Wednesday is looking rather dogs muck. We still have millions of time to change dont we? Dont we? 

The scars getting in and setting up in battering rain in 2011 are still healing for me so i really hope this is just a blip in the weather rollercoaster. Please dear god. 

Looks fine on the BBC 

[TaylorT]

2 minutes ago, brettredmayne said:

Looks fine on the BBC 

 

The BBC    A fine trustworthy corporation everything is gonna be sound then....

[brettredmayne]

3 minutes ago, TaylorT said:

 

The BBC    A fine trustworthy corporation everything is gonna be sound then....

Well it's 100% better then accuweather

[TaylorT]

1 minute ago, brettredmayne said:

Well it's 100% better then accuweather

Yeah thats true but again are the BBC actually telling us the truth or is it trademark BBC hiding the more sinister stuff. I dunno why but each year i tend to put a lot of stock into that Norwegian site and its not looking very pretty. Somebody tell me the Norwegian site is just as bad as any other.

[stuartbert two hats]

18 minutes ago, TaylorT said:

Yeah thats true but again are the BBC actually telling us the truth or is it trademark BBC hiding the more sinister stuff. I dunno why but each year i tend to put a lot of stock into that Norwegian site and its not looking very pretty. Somebody tell me the Norwegian site is just as bad as any other.

They're all useless this far in advance.

[FuzzyDunlop]

This morning it was "Heatwave"

Tonight it's rain....

Where's the nal?!

[Guest]

1 hour ago, brettredmayne said:

Well it's 100% better then accuweather

Anything that employed Stuart Hall and Jimmy Saville can not be truted.

[djcolsen]

9 minutes ago, eastynh said:

Anything that employed Stuart Hall and Jimmy Saville can not be truted.

It's a very strong arguement

[davidd]

And Rolf, but i suppose the less said about that the better...

[bsolxiv]

When did they work for accuweather?

 

[TaylorT]

Its just not the same without Jack ONE. 

[Flysheet]

14 hours ago, Spindles said:

This is my thinking, it was dry but not especially hot like a heatwave.  I remember Phoenix 94 being insanely hot and dry, 2010 was a cakewalk in comparison

Just remember being caked in dust from sweating when pogoing!

Some of it was recorded for TV and the footage of Therapy in the evening sun looked like a prairie buffalo stampede

[Flysheet]

14 hours ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

I have had a season ticket for Oldham Athletic since I was 5 if you have ever been to Boundary Park you'll know it never gets warm.

 I have learned to deal with Cold, Wet, Sleet, Snow, Cold, Gales, Rain, Drizzle and disappointment.

It starts getting tropical in Manchester. It's Factor 50 anywhere south of Macclesfield.

 

Living three quarts of the way up Lydgate hill I can concur!

[Flysheet]

92 was a roaster, too hot to sleep in the tent so slept outside all weekend including in one of the hedges one afternoon!

93 was nearly as bad, we had a Saffer and an Aussie camping next to us begging for sunblock!

 

The only times I've bothered with having a shower at a festival, although 93 may have also been cos I wanted to be as clean as the young lady I ended up sharing my tent with!

[Guest]

39 minutes ago, Flysheet said:

Living three quarts of the way up Lydgate hill I can concur!

I got lost in Saddleworth today. Went to Albion farm for some breakfast. Driving back I decided to do a right thinking it would take me to Royton. It took me right into the hills and ultimately into Saddleworth. Have to say it is bloody lovely up there. Once you get out of the city, there really are some beautiful areas.

Managed to find my way to Milnrow, then back through Shaw and Royton to Broadway, then unfortunately back to reality.