Weather 2017

[Stretlow]

16 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

Looking at the next 30 days weather (less than 30 days now woop woop) it does seem that dust and sunstroke are going to be this years weather hazard. According to Metcheck the only day with any significant rainfall for the next month is going to be Bank Holiday Monday which must always have rain as it is weather law.

Sticky-McStickface

[Thunderstruck]

In the short term, this early summer warmth forecast this week was a bit of a surprise. Non of the models really had this before the weekend. 

[liamium]

I want that peg-breaking, cracked earth, dust-devil heat. I want my heart to race when I see an unoccupied spot in the shade. I want to cry with relief when the heavens open at 1am on a sultry Monday mid-rave morn

[CaledonianGonzo]

Some large scale chicken counting going on.  It's still all to play for.

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

I wear contacts so in theory dust isn't good, but I'd take it al day long over rain/mud/last year. 

[Deaf Nobby Burton]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Some large scale chicken counting going on.  It's still all to play for.

Yes, there was definitely a point in last years weather thread, that was a lot closer to the festival that predicted a sweltering heatwave...

[mjsell]

imagine if this coming weekend was G. The scenes.

[stopwn1981]

2 minutes ago, Deaf Nobby Burton said:

I wear contacts so in theory dust isn't good, but I'd take it al day long over rain/mud/last year. 

Any tips to combat streaming eyes in this scenario?

[Nobody Interesting]

Just now, mjsell said:

imagine if this coming weekend was G. The scenes.

Stop it - that sort of talk only encourages the rain to come when it actually is Glastonbury.

The weather seems to like peaking too soon too often.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Sunglasses

[Thunderstruck]

 

UK Outlook for Monday 5 Jun 2017 to Monday 19 Jun 2017:

Confidence in the forecast remains low into early June, but on balance the first full week of June looks set to remain unsettled with showers or longer spells of rain, interspersed with some drier and brighter weather. By the middle of June, more settled weather may begin to dominate bringing drier and brighter weather. Temperatures are likely to be close to normal during the start of this period, but as more settled weather arrives it is likely that it will turn warmer and may become very warm in places.

[Walter Sobchak]

Dust please.. Where do I sign up? 

[merago]

9 minutes ago, Thunderstruck said:

In the short term, this early summer warmth forecast this week was a bit of a surprise. Non of the models really had this before the weekend. 

Wait, but that means that the current projections of a dry, warm festival could be wrong too?  Ok, I'm going to pretend I didn't ready your post @Thunderstruck

[Untz]

2 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

Any tips to combat streaming eyes in this scenario?

 Rather fetching.

[Nobody Interesting]

3 minutes ago, Thunderstruck said:

 

UK Outlook for Monday 5 Jun 2017 to Monday 19 Jun 2017:

Confidence in the forecast remains low into early June, but on balance the first full week of June looks set to remain unsettled with showers or longer spells of rain, interspersed with some drier and brighter weather. By the middle of June, more settled weather may begin to dominate bringing drier and brighter weather. Temperatures are likely to be close to normal during the start of this period, but as more settled weather arrives it is likely that it will turn warmer and may become very warm in places.

and the BBC says:
 

Monday 5 June—Sunday 18 June

Turning a little warmer and drier again?

As we move into he middle part of June, there is still a relatively large degree of uncertainty in the forecast detail, even for a longer range forecast. However, the latest available information does suggest that the jet stream will begin to realign to allow pressure to build in the vicinity of the UK again. Such a scenario would permit a good deal of dry weather, and temperatures at around average or just above for the time of year.

[squirrelarmy]

So its looking like the general weather is going to be hot, even if it does rain it's going to be nice cooling rain for our hot bodies. Better add a mallet to my packing list for that hard dirt.

[stopwn1981]

We all know hot weather in this country ends in thunderstorms and torrential downpours - 'tis a silly place!

[Untz]

3 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

We all know hot weather in this country ends in thunderstorms and torrential downpours - 'tis a silly place!

It can thunderstorm and piss it down all it likes from the 27th June (sorry workers on site).

[liamium]

Unlikely things that would make my June:

- The National not to clash with ANYTHING on West Holts Super Saturday

- Blistering hot & dry Pilton weather from around Monday 19th June to midnight Sunday 25th June

- Tories out on their arses

- To not turn 30

[PorkSoda]

 

Edited May 22, 2017 by PorkSoda
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[Dillyblue]

Thinking about the days when it was so hot that the water lorry had to spray the roadways with water to keep the dust down....

ps A303 near Stonehenge beautiful weather today!

[stuartbert two hats]

Just now, Dillyblue said:

Thinking about the days when it was so hot that the water lorry had to spray the roadways with water to keep the dust down....

ps A303 near Stonehenge beautiful weather today!

It's not just the heatwaves that get that.  I saw them in 2008 and 2009.

[Gnomicide]

On 5/2/2017 at 9:19 AM, Gnomicide said:

The last weekend in May was glorious last year. Bearded Theory was wall to wall sunshine.

I think I'd sacrifice that and swap the weather for the two festivals this year.

Sorry folks, it's going to be wall to wall sunshine at Bearded this weekend. Prepare for the worst.

[Tartan_Glasto]

I'll take cold, cloudy, drizzle. Anything other than the mud of last year. It was just such a slog getting anywhere. Ideally wall to wall sunshine, but I shan't get my hopes up.

[Greenelk]

It's just got real -https://www.netweather.tv/forum/topic/87677-glastonbury-2017-21-25-june/#comment-3578954

J10 (Jack One) is starting his forecasts soon! (Don't think this has already been posted, apologies if it has, but it's made my excitement levels rocket - When Jack is forecasting, you know we're nearly there)!!

Edited May 22, 2017 by Greenelk