The Weather Thread 2019

[JSmurphy]

2 minutes ago, kemosabe said:

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?)

Yeah Fri-Sun was fine, it's because they opened the arena on Friday and not Wednesday. They'd filled the placed with straw, and put fresh batches out each morning which was great. Obviously Glastonbury don't have that option..

The campsites and the village were a different story. I think we probably had 45 minutes ish that wasn't absolute downpours from 2pm Wed to 6pm Thurs, and freezing at night! 

[rosieangel]

We're almost on the home straight guys! It's all beginning to come together!

Honestly this thread makes me feel giddy reading it

 

 

 

 

[bullie]

15 minutes ago, deebeedoobee said:

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

that's class!?

[briddj]

The mean pressure (average across runs, purple line) is now backing higher pressure at the start of the festival but dropping down on the Saturday and Sunday. Note the green line, which is what the described charts have shown, is way above the average so would, on the bare face of it, be unlikely to come off. But everything is in play.

 

[xandercs12]

54 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

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

Are you talking this Sunday or Glasto Sunday?

[stopwn1981]

2 minutes ago, xandercs12 said:

Are you talking this Sunday or Glasto Sunday?

Sunday before. A torrential downpour can do a lot of damage - see Wainfleet in Lincolnshire this week!

[cb4747]

it looks a bit wet on site 

[barkley87]

Just now, stopwn1981 said:

Sunday before. A torrential downpour can do a lot of damage - see Wainfleet in Lincolnshire this week!

That was a river that burst its banks though. And we had A LOT of rain here in Lincolnshire (I think they were saying a month's worth in a few days).

[stopwn1981]

Should have been this week on reflection.

[xandercs12]

Just now, stopwn1981 said:

Should have been this week on reflection.

Apple weather is so dramatic. Gives rain when only schedule for a couple hours each day and like 20% likeliness. Wouldn’t read too much into that 

[Stocksey]

1 minute ago, stopwn1981 said:

Should have been this week on reflection.

you can only really reflect on something once its passed. Just sayin'

[xandercs12]

A lot of the weather outlets are saying only light rain for Sunday/Monday. Is that much of an issue?

[barkley87]

Norwegians are looking good. I don't know how to switch it from Norwegian though.. 

 

[briddj]

1 minute ago, xandercs12 said:

A lot of the weather outlets are saying only light rain for Sunday/Monday. Is that much of an issue?

Not with a warm and dry Tuesday.

[The Nal]

Weather thread 8 days out from 2016. Lots of low vs high pressure chat etc.

Click on Phils face

 

[gherkin8r]

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[Field Commander Jefferson]

Keep the faith

[briddj]

The latest GFS is showing a fair bit of rain Sunday afternoon/evening and overnight - but pretty much dry on Monday with temperature of 23-24! That would dry up ALL the overnight rain easily.

[waltere]

Much as thursday-sunday of 2017 was absolutely ideal, that Wednesday was proper brutal, and I'd say too hot. Exacerbated for me by the fact I was working in the West Holts Bar that afternoon which must have been a good few degrees hotter than outside, which when it's 31-32 in the shade is really saying something. I only survived by constantly putting ice cubes in my hat.

 

[Cammers]

Reading some of that 2016 weather thread made me laugh.

Knowing how bad it really was (the ground, not the actual weather specifically) makes reading the little optimistic comments weirdly entertaining. 

Sat here thinking 'mate, you don't know what's coming!' 

[briddj]

Temperatures ramping up a notch in the latest run!

[BL1ND T1G3R]

That Wednesday I spent in Taunton until 14:30 for my coach - got to site about 16:00.  It was 30 degrees.  The coach broke down due to over heating and I was in panic mode thinking I wouldn’t get there.

On arrival at Gate A they had water sprayers and I walked straight in, dumped my stuff at the first bit of grass I could find.   Put my tent up but it must have been 100 degrees in there so dumped all my stuff, grabbed a couple of ciders and didn’t come back to it until 9pm when it cooler.

I’d still take that now though !

 

[Diva Sam]

https://www.efestivals.co.uk/forums/topic/211231-weather-2016/?do=findComment&comment=5042815

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2016 - "Thanks for the pics, but shallow puddles on a dirt track isn't the end of the world."

Oh Icarus. If only you knew. 

[Homer]

17 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

Should have been this week on reflection.

Last year would have been handy.

[Bags73]

The ground is in way better shape than this time in 2016.  

We just want to avoid a monsoon on Sunday night.   Do that and we're looking good.