The Weather Thread 2019

[Zoo Music Girl]

It rained all day on Friday 2011 and it was cold. Really ground me down and probably my worst weather at the festival but I missed 2007 and 2016. 2007 just sounds horrible though. I'd take mud over constant rain.

[Aragorn]

As soon as the GFS ECM UKMO models come within range I'll be in there like swimwear checking the 6 hourly updates 

[JoeyT]

6 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

As soon as the GFS ECM UKMO models come within range I'll be in there like swimwear checking the 6 hourly updates 

You and me both brother.

Don't care for the weather charts any other time of the year but the inner geek in me comes out when the festival is in view.

[Aragorn]

Just now, JoeyT said:

You and me both brother.

Don't care for the weather charts any other time of the year but the inner geek in me comes out when the festival is in view.

Only other time for me is snow chasing in winter

[briddj]

55 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

As soon as the GFS ECM UKMO models come within range I'll be in there like swimwear checking the 6 hourly updates 

They are like fucking crack.

[AThirteen]

Doesn't look like its gonna be a dry summer.

[doogie]

With the upcoming bank holiday weekend looking like being one of the coldest in recent years,  remember this was the prediction less than a week ago:  

[Zoo Music Girl]

1 minute ago, doogie said:

With the upcoming bank holiday weekend looking like being one of the coldest in recent years,  remember this was the prediction less than a week ago:  

I have a feeling this was an error and they meant the next bank holiday. Even when this story came out the forecast was shit for this weekend.

[Hugh Jass]

Phil’s keeping neutral at this stage, too early to come to any conclusions...

 

[Chazwozza]

Time to spring Jackone from whichever secure long term institution he’s currently held in...

[Sasperella]

1 hour ago, AThirteen said:

Doesn't look like its gonna be a dry summer.

Is that based on a forecast or just looking out of the window this morning, which is exceptionally grim. I'm hoping it just delayed April showers

[The Nal]

1 hour ago, Chazwozza said:

Time to spring Jackone from whichever secure long term institution he’s currently held in...

Hes only allowed out for the run in to the festival these days after they found him sitting naked in his basement eating human liver and locust granola from his grandmothers skull.

[Glasto Weatherwatch]

Fucking hell, is it really Phil Jones time already ?

[Hugh Jass]

5 minutes ago, Glasto Weatherwatch said:

Fucking hell, is it really Phil Jones time already ?

If Phil sees his shadow and then falls over it means Glasto will be wet.

[bronto]

I live in Slovakia. It’s been pissing down all day and already I’m starting to fret about water tables in Pilton. Is this normal?

 

[Homer]

1 hour ago, bronto said:

I live in Slovakia. It’s been pissing down all day and already I’m starting to fret about water tables in Pilton. Is this normal?

 

Yes. Apart from the bit about living in Slovakia, which is, at best, statistically unlikely.

[briddj]

Hailing in South London right now. All bodes well for a flaming June......

[sedra]

Beautiful bank holiday weekend down the south west ( if a bit chilly at night!) so far - just a tea spoon of rain! 

[JoBalls]

Can’t believe we are less than 50 days away from the festival and the weather thread was on the bottom of page 2. 

We had a dry and mild winter this year so I’m already feeling quite positive... what are the long range forecasts showing? Is there anything we can look at which indicates the state of the water table?

[briddj]

All in the thread! 

[Sasperella]

On 5/5/2019 at 11:55 PM, sedra said:

Beautiful bank holiday weekend down the south west ( if a bit chilly at night!) so far - just a tea spoon of rain! 

I hope it's a bit warmer than the Sheffield bank holiday weekend!!! Brrrrrrr

[Bags73]

It's going to start to warm up from Monday...

[When Jokers Attack]

It's ok if it pisses down for The Cure though right?

[stuartbert two hats]

On 5/1/2019 at 3:49 PM, Kinkyinuit said:

I suppose the mud could have been on fire but otherwise I'm struggling to see how it could have been much worse.  The only positive was that it didn't rain *that* much considering, though it meant the mud stayed welly suckingly sticky for the entire weekend.

 

The monday was infuriatingly gorgeous though!

It didn't rain much at all.  If you can't see how it could have been much worse, then you probably didn't go in 1997, 1998 or 2007.

[jfaragher]

On 5/2/2019 at 8:02 PM, Aragorn said:

As soon as the GFS ECM UKMO models come within range I'll be in there like swimwear checking the 6 hourly updates 

I've got sight of the Met Office Global Seasonal model, that goes out 51 days.  However, it's bouncing around all over the shop from about d+40, so going to ignore if for now.

Once we get within 30 days, we'll get the EC extended, and then D-15 onwards is where the fun really starts...