The Weather Thread 2019

[Tdiz]

4 minutes ago, doodlesbyben said:

I got a wee bit of heat stroke and passed out in the shade beside my tent on the wednesday, it was absolutely horrendous.

That site wide cheer that went up around 7pm when that cloud covered the sun for a moment is a memory I'll not forget in a while

 

Yes I remember the cloud from that year, that still makes me smile today when I think about it. 

[Youtopia]

THAT cloud from the infamous 32 degree Wed afternoon in 2017!

 

 

[Mr.Tease]

So are the high temps plus rain on the wednesday now off the table? Because that's a worrying combo for carting your stuff across the site--it would mean it would be very humid and I don't know what you'd wear in that as waterproofs would have you sweating like a hog! 

[mcmenace]

1 minute ago, Youtopia said:

THAT cloud from the infamous 32 degree Wed afternoon in 2017!

 

 

To be fair it looks like you needed that cloud. Scorchio springs to mind.

[BambooShanks]

4 minutes ago, briddj said:

Accuweather on the upgrade.

 

 

And considering accuweather have a habit of over estimating rainfall, that looks like quite a good forecast.  A tentative stick from me!

[Rocinante]

31 minutes ago, priest17 said:

I didn't feel right till I found the fire truck that was spraying people.

Near Green Fields? That was amazing. 

[Doug85]

1 hour ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

How hot was it 2017 wednesday out of curiosity?

I think that wednesday broke the record for an official festival day of the hottest day

30 degrees according to the BBC, previous high was 27.3 in 2010

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-40356875

[Bags73]

Can’t see it being 2017 hot next Wednesday.   Looking at the weather forecast now on the Met Office Hazard Manager the rainfall today seems to be on the cards between 10 and 12noon.   The totals don’t look as bad as they did a few days ago.   The next real hazard looks to be over night tonight into Wednesday morning with some bigger totals around, they’re tracking south but if they hit we’re looking at up to 16mm.  The ground looks like it can take it though.

 

After that the period on Sunday afternoon, evening and overnight looks a bit hairy.  Some big totals again south of the site of up to 32mm.  

Pic 1 - Overnight into Wednesday

Pic 2 Sunday evening.

Edited June 18, 2019 by Bags73

[briddj]

5 minutes ago, Mr.Tease said:

So are the high temps plus rain on the wednesday now off the table? Because that's a worrying combo for carting your stuff across the site--it would mean it would be very humid and I don't know what you'd wear in that as waterproofs would have you sweating like a hog! 

No one knows. Everything is on a knife-edge for next week. Won't have any kind of remote certainly until the weekend I'd say.

[Mr.Tease]

1 minute ago, briddj said:

No one knows. Everything is on a knife-edge for next week. Won't have any kind of remote certainly until the weekend I'd say.

Eek! ?

[wozwebs]

BBC has changed in last hour - dry now Wed-Mon and the Tuesday only has a 20% chance of showers for a few hours!!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2640282

[DareToDibble]

30 minutes ago, jparx said:

Should have tagged these images NSFW. Now the whole office has just seen me looking at porn.

  Bravo.

[youngatheart]

Its raining now but not too hard .should add im a couple of miles from site so it may not be there

Edited June 18, 2019 by youngatheart

[Bags73]

As forecasted by the Met Office.   Should continue like this until 1pm at the latest.

[Ohinever]

Rain Pilton just started. Here we go.... 

[Flysheet]

There were thermometers showing in the high 30s on the Wednesday down in the valley bottom.

In the queue since 5, by noon we were hiding out in the bar on the corner of Williams Green with hundreds of others virtually passed out. My Mrs, who can lay outside for two weeks in a Spanish August, was really suffering as she’d dehydrated.

The tester is a bag of salty crisps. If you can’t taste the salt you’ve let you body salts get too low from sweating. Eat the crisps and get an isotonic drink down you. An hour later she was fine but we still hid in the shade all afternoon and made our second car trip in the evening.

[youngatheart]

I can still see the tor clearly so its not heavy at all ....yet.

Edited June 18, 2019 by youngatheart

[briddj]

My radar says it will stop raining again by 10.15am, and it will then be dry until around 11.30am.

Edited June 18, 2019 by briddj

[Ohinever]

Slowing already, and not particularly heavy at any point. 

[youngatheart]

1 minute ago, Ohinever said:

Slowing already, and not particularly heavy at any point. 

Yes its stopped here now

[deebeedoobee]

Still raining in Pilton but it really isn't anything. Not bothered to bring the washing in.

[stopwn1981]

27 minutes ago, Bags73 said:

Can’t see it being 2017 hot next Wednesday.   Looking at the weather forecast now on the Met Office Hazard Manager the rainfall today seems to be on the cards between 10 and 12noon.   The totals don’t look as bad as they did a few days ago.   The next real hazard looks to be over night tonight into Wednesday morning with some bigger totals around, they’re tracking south but if they hit we’re looking at up to 16mm.  The ground looks like it can take it though.

 

After that the period on Sunday afternoon, evening and overnight looks a bit hairy.  Some big totals again south of the site of up to 32mm.  

Pic 1 - Overnight into Wednesday

Pic 2 Sunday evening.

Concerning re: Sunday. The Nal could still be on course...

[JSmurphy]

After Download last weekend, dare I keep up this with thread... 

[kemosabe]

1 minute ago, JSmurphy said:

After Download last weekend, dare I keep up this with thread... 

How bad was Download? A friends instagram seemed to suggest it was pretty bad on the Thursday night, but during the actual music the arena seemed fine (Everyone was wearing jackets, but it didn't seem that muddy?)

[kalifire]

This thread is causing me anxiety. Yet I must look.