The Weather Thread 2022

[squirrelarmy]

20 minutes ago, fightoffyour said:

Ludicrously low temperatures. Few degrees colder and there’s danger of people dying.

I’m packing extra blankets. We’ll be needing Sherpas and Huskies as well to get us across site. 

[gazzared]

Just now, squirrelarmy said:

I’m packing extra blankets. We’ll be needing Sherpas and Huskies as well to get us across site. 

The silver foil people take to keep tents cool can now be used as emergency blankets

[kevbizarre]

I wonder if we had this weeks’ weather (amazing Wed to Friday) and then awful weekend would we be happy? I think I would be ok with that 

[Greenelk]

For the gentlemen out there, I can fully recommend this. My wife got it for me for the marathon last year. 

Subtle branding, but gives them a real shine

[Fred Zepplin]

Do decathlon do a range of warm & White tents?

[briddj]

Right, a new day means a new 00Z. How will we do?

THIS WEEKEND

The Pilton force-field is in full effect as the rain goes east, with hardly anything hitting the site.

WEDNESDAY - GATES OPEN

There is a very small amount of rain overnight, and dry for gates open but poor temps of 12.

So, does this mean the low is winning? Yep, unfortunately it's pushing down and high pressure is not in control in this run.

So, what will it be like the first two days?

WEDNESDAY

Dry, max temps of just 17.

 

The low pressure is still dangerously close.

THURSDAY

Another dry day with max of 18, but the low pressure is still building.....

 

So, what will the festival itself be like?

FRIDAY

Colder today, with highs of just 15, but dry. The low is kept at bay.

SATURDAY

Small amount of rain around, high of just 15. The low is pretty static.

SUNDAY

Dry day, highs of 17 so still not great. High is starting to build.

SUMMARY

One of the driest runs we've had, though there is the small amount of rain on the Saturday.

However, it's also one of the coldest runs we've had. The high doesn't build in until Monday and by Wednesday temps are 27.

For me, far too cold. Get those temps up.

 

 

 

 

[chazwwe]

17/18 is just about okay... Anything lower and it gets a bit too chilly in the evenings.

Knock the temps up to 18 - 22 for each day (cooler wednesday) and we're almost in perfect weather...

[gazzared]

@briddjthanks for the great updates, deffo decided not to bother taking my fridge, beers will be cold enough just being kept under my van 👍

[Suprefan]

Dancing will keep your temps up, dont know why this is so bad. Ill take it. Although can we get rid of the stupid temps in London this Friday?

[gherkin8r]

Doesn't Gav reckon you always add a couple of degrees? I reckon 18 and above is fine. 

[Avalon_Fields]

I like it warm to hot, however I’d easily accept this outlook with the minimal rain expected. Bring it on!

[chazwwe]

1 minute ago, Suprefan said:

Dancing will keep your temps up, dont know why this is so bad. Ill take it. Although can we get rid of the stupid temps in London this Friday?

Highs of 15 could is without any wind chill. Say it hits 11 degrees around 9pm with a bit of wind. Thats coat weather. 

[AlexOvd]

8 minutes ago, briddj said:

Right, a new day means a new 00Z. How will we do?

THIS WEEKEND

The Pilton force-field is in full effect as the rain goes east, with hardly anything hitting the site.

WEDNESDAY - GATES OPEN

There is a very small amount of rain overnight, and dry for gates open but poor temps of 12.

So, does this mean the low is winning? Yep, unfortunately it's pushing down and high pressure is not in control in this run.

So, what will it be like the first two days?

WEDNESDAY

Dry, max temps of just 17.

 

The low pressure is still dangerously close.

THURSDAY

Another dry day with max of 18, but the low pressure is still building.....

 

So, what will the festival itself be like?

FRIDAY

Colder today, with highs of just 15, but dry. The low is kept at bay.

SATURDAY

Small amount of rain around, high of just 15. The low is pretty static.

SUNDAY

Dry day, highs of 17 so still not great. High is starting to build.

SUMMARY

One of the driest runs we've had, though there is the small amount of rain on the Saturday.

However, it's also one of the coldest runs we've had. The high doesn't build in until Monday and by Wednesday temps are 27.

For me, far too cold. Get those temps up.

 

 

 

 

I'd be absolutely fine with this. Packing term t-shirt though.

That low is a bit scary, it can change everything.

[CaledonianGonzo]

The human penguin lads when they see these temperatures.

[stuartbert two hats]

1 hour ago, steviewevie said:

pressure...up this weekend...down after...then a bit of inbetween...

For the weather bods - is there a relationship between the sudden drop in temperatures this weekend and the subsequent divergence of the lines, beyond the fact that they're a further away in time? Is there something about the breakdown that's inherently chaotic? And once we're past that change in the weather, do we expect things to become more predictable? I.e. when next week starts, do we expect to have a fair degree of certainty of the festival weather conditions?

[FuzzyDunlop]

10 minutes ago, briddj said:

Right, a new day means a new 00Z. How will we do?

THIS WEEKEND

The Pilton force-field is in full effect as the rain goes east, with hardly anything hitting the site.

WEDNESDAY - GATES OPEN

There is a very small amount of rain overnight, and dry for gates open but poor temps of 12.

So, does this mean the low is winning? Yep, unfortunately it's pushing down and high pressure is not in control in this run.

So, what will it be like the first two days?

WEDNESDAY

Dry, max temps of just 17.

 

The low pressure is still dangerously close.

THURSDAY

Another dry day with max of 18, but the low pressure is still building.....

 

So, what will the festival itself be like?

FRIDAY

Colder today, with highs of just 15, but dry. The low is kept at bay.

SATURDAY

Small amount of rain around, high of just 15. The low is pretty static.

SUNDAY

Dry day, highs of 17 so still not great. High is starting to build.

SUMMARY

One of the driest runs we've had, though there is the small amount of rain on the Saturday.

However, it's also one of the coldest runs we've had. The high doesn't build in until Monday and by Wednesday temps are 27.

For me, far too cold. Get those temps up.

 

 

 

 

HOLD

[AlexOvd]

One of the most interesting runs so far. Lock this!

[stopwn1981]

 

[Simpo]

Good year for late nights it looks like.  No hot hot morning sun to force you awake and out of your tent, for us non-fresh/black types, so hopefully able to get recharged and make the most of our Glastonburys.

But it could all change!

[Aragorn]

I really wouldn't trust gfs precip charts, they tend to over egg temps aswell. 

[yehbutnobut]

11 minutes ago, briddj said:

 

THIS WEEKENDThe Pilton force-field is in full effect as the rain goes east…

 

Weather for the week ahead on the beeb looked faaaaaakin grim for this weekend… so if this does miss whilst I’m on site building… 🙏

As has been said previously, prepared to take one for the team to keep you petals dry during the week. 😘

[Suprefan]

3 minutes ago, chazwwe said:

Highs of 15 could is without any wind chill. Say it hits 11 degrees around 9pm with a bit of wind. Thats coat weather. 

Ive done Coachella with 40 in the day and then 12 at night with dust storm level winds just In shorts and a hoodie. Ive got a scarf and a couple of layers for next week, piece of cake. 

 

Also, gold Bond is the chaffing solution!

 

 

[jparx]

Depends how sunny it is with those temperatures. 15 could easily feel like 20 if it’s sunny, but the nights would be chilly. Still think it’s unlikely we’d have so many consecutive days of well below average temperatures though, it’ll warm up.

[gooner1990]

8 hours ago, Gnomicide said:

That's fucking freezing.

Big up the Neston massive.

 

Re chaffing. You need Saxx

No rain though!

[CaledonianGonzo]

1 minute ago, yehbutnobut said:

Weather for the week ahead on the beeb looked faaaaaakin grim for this weekend… so if this does miss whilst I’m on site building… 🙏

As has been said previously, prepared to take one for the team to keep you petals dry during the week. 😘

Seems to be at its worst overnight from Saturday into Sunday - but not great news if Sunday is the main arrival day.