Weather 2016

[stopwn1981]

26 minutes ago, Nobody Interesting said:

I agree, 2014 was not bad at all.

It rained a lot, was muddy and the stages were shut down due to thunder and lightning. Bad enough.

[The Nal]

2014 was also a misty rainy mess for all of Thursday. Freezing too.

Not as bad as this year is going to be mind you.

[stuartbert two hats]

13 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

It rained a lot, was muddy and the stages were shut down due to thunder and lightning. Bad enough.

But in the grand  scheme of things, it was fine. Most of the site wasn't muddy most of the time. 

[adeadenemy]

7 minutes ago, The Nal said:

2014 was also a misty rainy mess for all of Thursday. Freezing too.

Not as bad as this year is going to be mind you.

Yeah to be fair it was freezing - especially on the Sunday night

[eFestivals]

3 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

Most of the site wasn't muddy most of the time. 

that's going to be less of an option this year. When it starts with soggy ground it always ends badly.

 

[kaytee...]

3 minutes ago, adeadenemy said:

Yeah to be fair it was freezing - especially on the Sunday night

I didnt sleep a wink on the Sunday night and had to get the 8am coach back. Taking a quilt this time

[stuartbert two hats]

1 minute ago, eFestivals said:

that's going to be less of an option this year. When it starts with soggy ground it always ends badly.

 

I suspect you're right. We would need extraordinary luck to get enough sun for the site to dry out properly by Wednesday.

[jimmillen]

The forecast for tomorrow & Sunday looks mostly dry, and it's close enough that should be pretty accurate.  Even some sunshine tomorrow afternoon!  That should hopefully start to dry things out nicely. 

It's really all down to the beginning of next week, beyond accurate forecast range... Could still dry out beautifully, could be more torrential downpours.  Who knows?  

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

Things do dry a lot quicker than you think though, we haven't had that much rain this year and its only the last week to 10 days its been really bad, the water table wont be that high so given half a chance water will drain away and then its just a case of drying out which would happen with day of sun.

[eFestivals]

3 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

I suspect you're right. We would need extraordinary luck to get enough sun for the site to dry out properly by Wednesday.

it's too late. That clay takes an age to properly firm up. This has been the wettest lead-in since 2007 as far as I can remember.

If it rains: swamp.

Still, the forecasts are better than they were.

[Spindles]

Yer great bunch of doom merchants.  It's going to be fine.  Don't forget the sunhat.

[MEGABOWL]

I'm hoping the ground will do a 2011. Got soaked for aged beforehand then drenched Wednesday morning then again most of Friday. Was dry trainers ground Sunday.

[howlin_pete]

10 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

it's too late. That clay takes an age to properly firm up. This has been the wettest lead-in since 2007 as far as I can remember.

If it rains: swamp.

Still, the forecasts are better than they were.

It dried out OK in 2014 by the Sunday hadn't it? And that was after a downpour on the Saturday and everyone there to churn it up

[gooner1990]

http://m.somersetlive.co.uk/glastonbury-2016-site-snaps-and-downpours-in-worthy-farm-video/story-29413081-detail/story.html

[Redwinevino]

13 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

it's too late. That clay takes an age to properly firm up. This has been the wettest lead-in since 2007 as far as I can remember.

If it rains: swamp.

Still, the forecasts are better than they were.

This is my worry.

[scaryclaireyfairy]

13 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

it's too late. That clay takes an age to properly firm up. This has been the wettest lead-in since 2007 as far as I can remember.

If it rains: swamp.

Still, the forecasts are better than they were.

Meh, once the sky stops chucking it down and they throw some bark chips at it, it gets pleasantly spongy pretty damn quick.

[alibear]

It takes no time at all to dry up. Even in 2014 I only remember clearing mud off the hubby a wheelchair once. It's an absolute bitch when that happens but as long as there's no rain the next day we're golden!

[wozwebs]

Last year on the Thursday night we struggled to get up the hill by John Peel stage, sliding about in our wellies. By morning it was rock hard again and trainers weather.

[Wow-wys-buzzing]

1 minute ago, wozwebs said:

Last year on the Thursday night we struggled to get up the hill by John Peel stage, sliding about in our wellies. By morning it was rock hard again and trainers weather.

flip flop weather*  

[eFestivals]

5 minutes ago, howlin_pete said:

It dried out OK in 2014 by the Sunday hadn't it? And that was after a downpour on the Saturday and everyone there to churn it up

I'm pretty sure there hadn't been loads of rain in the weeks before in 2014.

As far as I can recall, all of the worst years for mud of the 30 I've been going have been when there's been a lot of rain beforehand.

[CaledonianGonzo]

There was weeks of rain in the lead up to 2011, but as soon as the rain stopped I'd say it was about a 36 hour dry out time.

[5co77ie]

been hammering it down on the site this arvo

 

[Spindles]

2 minutes ago, eFestivals said:

I'm pretty sure there hadn't been loads of rain in the weeks before in 2014.

As far as I can recall, all of the worst years for mud of the 30 I've been going have been when there's been a lot of rain beforehand.

Yeah, 2007 was immediately preceded by the floods just north, which filled the water table to overflowing, 2011 wasn't bad in the scale of things but again we had weeks of on and off rain in the run up, including some heavy stuff like we've had the last couple of days or so in the week before hand.  The dry April and May should do the job, I think.

[Spindles]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

There was weeks of rain in the lead up to 2011, but as soon as the rain stopped I'd say it was about a 36 hour dry out time.

Friday night was a clusterfuck, Saturday night was lovely.  Not quite arses on ground til the following morning, but no longer claggy, slippy or difficult to walk in (but still patches of wet ground like around leftfield).

[PhilG90]

My mate in the local was saying weather men talk shite and its going to be a scorcher. I don't know who to believe now...