Weather 2016

[djdavejohnson]

5 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

They cannot

For a minute there I thought I'd been missing out on some essential info.

I'm packing next Monday night so will check back in here then! :P 

[devonhammer]

17 minutes ago, djdavejohnson said:

Please accept my apologies as I don't follow this thread too religiously, but how can a weather forecaster predict 8-9 days in advance to that accuracy, different forecasts, in two places, only 10 miles apart?

Stop with this crazy talk!!!

You'll be saying that we can't predict Saturday's Lottery numbers next.

Disclaimer: You can't accurately predict the weather more than three days out and certainly not to an accuracy of 10 miles.

[djdavejohnson]

5 minutes ago, devonhammer said:

Stop with this crazy talk!!!

You'll be saying that we can't predict Saturday's Lottery numbers next.

Disclaimer: You can't accurately predict the weather more than three days out and certainly not to an accuracy of 10 miles.

Unless there's a huge pressure system (again I beg forgiveness here as I am no expert in weather related phenomena) but I would argue that the weather cannot be predicted accurately within 3 days of the festival. I swear the last few years each time I've checked on the Tues/Weds for the next few days, it's never been right! 

I prefer to trust my instincts - step out the tent, look up at the sky, lick a finger and stick it in the air. Pack the raincoat into day bag if deemed necessary. 

Then pick 6 numbers for Saturday. No chance with a lucky dip though.

[stuartbert two hats]

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

1 minute ago, stuartbert two hats said:

 

I suspect hat will be every bit as much an anomaly as the "biblical floods" of earlier.

Either way we are fucked. Whether its floods or all cook to death.

No middle ground this year

[Titters]

On the equivalent day last year, all the forecasts were pointing to a wet festival - more rain than 09, 11 and 13 - and there was PANIC:

Skip to page 70.

This is back when the Nal refused to accept anything other than wall to wall sunshine was being forecast.

Times change.

[bigfurbdogg]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

What does it say? Looks like a shit map of Europe thats been scribbled on by Helen Keller. 

 

Hes been an inpatient in Broadmoor for decades and only has limited access to the outside world based on good behaviour. However this year he injected boiling water into his grandmothers skull. Heres the last known picture of him.

I love your descriptions of Jackone, the poor bloke, i do hope he isn't reading them. Although no doubt you'll tell me he can't when he's in solitary confinement, locked up in Broadmoor. 

[The Nal]

32 minutes ago, Titters said:

On the equivalent day last year, all the forecasts were pointing to a wet festival - more rain than 09, 11 and 13 - and there was PANIC:

Skip to page 70.

This is back when the Nal refused to accept anything other than wall to wall sunshine was being forecast.

Times change.

They don't you know!

Wasn't far off either.

[parsonjack]

BBC now showing no rain after Thursday this week.....

 

[Cooter]

Beebs Pilton and BA4 postcode is much the same too.

[RickW]

6 minutes ago, parsonjack said:

BBC now showing no rain after Thursday this week.....

 

That's because we have just had all the rain in one go! Thundering now.... Let's get it out the way this week.

[Keithy]

35 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

Are you sure you are looking at the right Pilton - what I see is very different on Weds and Thurs.

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/England/Pilton~7292387/long.html

Edit - You are looking at the wrong Pilton I am afraid.

Good point 

[SwedgeAntilles]

Next year this should definitely be renamed the "Shit Map of Europe Scribbled on by Helen Keller thread 2017"

[Adystar]

Simon Parkin just said its gonna be nicer from the weekend,that boy doesn't lie 

[Cooter]

Most years I get a tad panicky prefest but strangely this year I have faith that it'll all be okish. Maybe a bit of drizzle and a day of flipfloppable mud but that'll be it.

[parsonjack]

11 minutes ago, Cooter said:

Most years I get a tad panicky prefest but strangely this year I have faith that it'll all be okish. Maybe a bit of drizzle and a day of flipfloppable mud but that'll be it.

Nooooo!!!!  Such complacency is a bad thing.....panic man, PANIC!!!! 

[Mezhyp1]

I shall await the Countryfile weather forecast before making any kind of serious judgement 

[cowmadiddy]

It's just mind over matter if in if it does r**n In my mind it's fairy wee

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

I just googled "Glastonbury Weather"

Up pop several headlines suggesting that Glastonbury is set to be a "washout"

All the articles are based on the the Met office and BBC reports that suggest the weather for Glastonbury will be a mix of sunshine and light showers.. so pretty much like last year.

Its amazing how spiteful the media are, they just want it to be a disaster for everybody going.

[billum]

1 minute ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

I just googled "Glastonbury Weather"

Up pop several headlines suggesting that Glastonbury is set to be a "washout"

All the articles are based on the the Met office and BBC reports that suggest the weather for Glastonbury will be a mix of sunshine and light showers.. so pretty much like last year.

Its amazing how spiteful the media are, they just want it to be a disaster for everybody going.

Yes this does seem to happen every year, & I really can't fathom why the popular media actively seem to take pleasure from predicting a terrible time for us who really enjoy an undeniably fantastic festival, which is open to all. It's not like it's an elite crowd who are permitted to buy tickets (OK, I accept that the cost of entry is a barrier to many who would like to go), but anybody with £230 can try equally for tickets.

Is it something like they're really like to go but daren't do it for some reason, so they have to convince themselves it's going to be a terrible experience and that they're not really missing out?

[Eks101]

3 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

I just googled "Glastonbury Weather"

Up pop several headlines suggesting that Glastonbury is set to be a "washout"

All the articles are based on the the Met office and BBC reports that suggest the weather for Glastonbury will be a mix of sunshine and light showers.. so pretty much like last year.

Its amazing how spiteful the media are, they just want it to be a disaster for everybody going.

They don't - they just want a story out of it, and like it or not, the general British public love a good story about people getting piss wet through and having a shitty time. I read somewhere that sales figures for the Daily Express go up by as much as 30% when there is a negative weather related headline. We f***ing love it!

[slipmatt]

The next ones in... next one on Thursday. 

 

[SwedgeAntilles]

8 minutes ago, slipmatt said:

The next ones in... next one on Thursday. 

 

So, completely different to how it looked two days ago? Brilliant. 

[pedmills]

Here's what the websites are saying compared to previous years:

The forecasts for 2014 (which ended up relatively wet) and 2013 & 2015 (which ended up relatively dry) didn't diverge until just less than a week before the festival.

So let's see where we are in the next day or two. At the moment it doesn't look brilliant but neither did 2015 at this stage and it ended up fine.

Edited June 14, 2016 by pedmills

[justperfect]

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