The Weather Thread 2019

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, stopwn1981 said:

Rock am Ring. Authorities revoked licence due to public safety. I am not saying that will happen here, but you can bet your arse Somerset/Mendip emergency planning are watching very closely. 

No more so than most Junes when the forecast is similar and has a risk of storms.

[sprocketrocket]

1 minute ago, Cooter said:

sprocket says yes we will and he knows.

That's the spirit

[Cooter]

he's also going to rule the world one day soon

[Brownie30]

A mate of mine working on site just sent me this photo. Looks like the Co-Op has taken an early hit! Shame.

 

[Zoo Music Girl]

Holy fuck this thread moves so quickly it's basically all I have time to check at the moment! Given what Gav was forecasting just a week ago I think this is all very positive news guys. Believe!

[kleinerkiwi]

2 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

Rock am Ring. Authorities revoked licence due to public safety. I am not saying that will happen here, but you can bet your arse Somerset/Mendip emergency planning are watching very closely. 

Actually not. Other festival called Hurricane (I know, its kinda asking for it). It had  had some cancellations on Friday and the entire Saturday but resumed back to normal on Sunday. All I tried to say is that it might turn pretty sour even though the forecast does not look as bad right now. With this forecast it is pretty unpredictable.

[K2SO]

I'm packing now, and realised I've already packed 20 pairs of socks because I dunno whether I'm gonna need ankle socks, boot socks or standard cotton ones. Oh dear.

[CaledonianGonzo]

 It'll just be a special guest arriving for The Avengers screening at the Pilton Palais.

[ogriff]

Just now, kleinerkiwi said:

 Actually not. Other festival called Hurricane (I know, its kinda asking for it). It had  had some cancellations on Friday and the entire Saturday but resumed back to normal on Sunday. All I tried to say is that it might turn pretty sour even though the forecast does not look as bad right now. With this forecast it is pretty unpredictable.

Are these festivals "arena" festivals, where they can kick everyone out into the campsite/local town and away from the big structures until it passes?  Can't be doing that at the big G.  

Anyway, it's gonna be fine!

[fred quimby]

Well watch the local news(I'm outside bath) and they mentioned Glastonbury, seemed to indicate that that the festival may be ok and the Thunderstorm will only be Tuesday. Did say it would be ALOT of rain which would not be good for gates opening. However he said we would need to keep a close eye as it may miss altogether.  reckon Thursday was no rain on the little symbol things

[sprocketrocket]

7 minutes ago, Cooter said:

he's also going to rule the world one day soon

This is good cooter, I'd say your in about stage 3 now....

[Homer]

A tent got hit by lightning in 2005. As I recall, the festival did not (I repeat, did not) get cancelled.

I just didn't get to see The Dead 60s (shame, but not the end of the world).

[Cooter]

think your correct sprocket, sorry I know you're correct, acceptance is definitely incoming quite soon I think

[Homer]

3 minutes ago, sprocketrocket said:

This is good cooter, I'd say your in about stage 3 now....

Trust, encouragement, reward, loyalty... satisfaction.

 

Edited June 20, 2019 by Homer

[kleinerkiwi]

1 minute ago, ogriff said:

Are these festivals "arena" festivals, where they can kick everyone out into the campsite/local town and away from the big structures until it passes?  Can't be doing that at the big G.  

Anyway, it's gonna be fine!

Yeah, and that worries me a bit. They actually emptied the entire campsite (lol they forgot to evacuate me cause I slept through it all) according to safety laws and I don't know how they would do it at glasto.

Anyways, fingers crossed. It'll be fine. I'll be there from Monday anyways with Oxfam and survive the worst downpours

[Cooter]

19 minutes ago, youngatheart said:

Im more worried about setlists getting altered ...can just imagine miss cyrus coming out singing one song and then the lights go off

and that's bad?

[Euphoricape]

I thought any thunderstorms were forecast for Monday evening..? Festival is gonna be dry according to latest forecast.

[gherkin8r]

I'm at the point of near apathy now regardless. 

If it's a mudfest I will just crack open a big bag of who gives s fuck and get on with it

[Hotchilidog]

Not going to lie, this thread was much more fun this afternoon.

However re thunderstorms they tend to be fairly localised rather than cover a whole region. Pretty sure I remember sitting on the south hill in 09 and watching a thunderstorm in the distance on the other side of the valley. It was actually pretty fun to watch.

I'd be much more worried if we had persistent rain threatening. It looks like the farm can cope with the odd storm this year, I don't think we'll have five days of mud, one or two maybe, and we can all cope with that right?

[briddj]

This thread is now officially jumping the shark. 

[Northtim]

You guys sure find the negatives.

I'm hearing heatwave, you’re on festival evacuations due to thunder and lightening.

[kaytee...]

BBC have toned down the temps slightly since this afternoon, have they seen something we havent?

[Homer]

1 minute ago, briddj said:

This thread is now officially jumping the shark. 

Out of upvotes sadly!

[hodgey123]

This thread never ceases to amaze me in how the atmosphere and outlook of all posters can change almost instantly! It seems whatever the forecast at the minute then there will always be a group of members lining up to bring their pessimism out!

[kleinerkiwi]

Honestly:

very worst scenario: Multiple thunderstorms day after day (super unlikely, already happened to me once, won't happen again)

Worst scenario: cold and constant drizzle.

We are good with a bit thunder and a bit of mud.