The Weather Thread 2022

[a6l6e6x]

Is it raining there now. Is all hope lost 

[stuartbert two hats]

3 minutes ago, Cooter said:

Yea but its all about the navigating your immediate surrounding area at a muddy glasto. Any boots without laces run the risk of being sucked off 😉 but if it means avoiding laces then I'd risk that.

I disagree. It's all about preparing properly, then you can walk wherever you like. Walking boots without laces is madness IMHO. Fuck pussy footing around a bit of mud - if you've got decent boots on, you can crack on and walk straight through it.

[Chicken Bob]

8 minutes ago, Cooter said:

Yea but its all about the navigating your immediate surrounding area at a muddy glasto. Any boots without laces run the risk of being sucked off 😉 but if it means avoiding laces then I'd risk that.

Getting sucked off at glasto? Now that’s heaven right there. 😆

[dizzymoo]

3 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

It didn't in 2016. The only times I can recall it getting that deep this century are 2005 and 2007.

Sorry Stu but it really did get well over ankle depth in places in 2016. The sheer quantity of mud made going off the paths hazardous, which meant they were more crowded, and it was easier to fall off into the deep stuff. Of course it's not going to be remotely like that this year!

[Justcalledtosay]

20 minutes ago, Cooter said:

The best boot footwear I've worn at festivals for muddy conditions are rigger boots. Comfy, non-sweaty, no laces, easy on/off.

About £25 at shoezone.

If you like carrying round an extra few kilo’s per foot all day…

[Pipine]

There’s been several mentions on NetWeather of a potential plume again next week, I think it’s going to turn out better than currently forecast.   The general forecast is decent, I’m feeling hopeful. 

[Gwladboy]

Friday 2011 both me and my missus got sucked off.

And I took this photo

[deebeedoobee]

14 minutes ago, a6l6e6x said:

Is it raining there now. Is all hope lost 

No its not raining here in Pilton just now

[waynewdk]

Just for a bit of temperature comparison, I know everyone’s different, but it’s 15 degree here, cloud and a 12mph breeze, I’m wearing trackies and thin gym shirt, can just about hack it, if I had alcohol in my I don’t think I notice, maybe if I changed to shorts. With no breeze I’d be fine, 2 degrees more 17 and it be great, so any thing between 17 and 24 will do me just fine

Edited June 18, 2022 by waynewdk

[SighMo]

Also, rigger boots are deadly for twisting your ankle. They are banned where I work unless you’re a welder. 

[CrystalPalace]

30 minutes ago, stuartbert two hats said:

This run is fine to be honest. Running the risk of sounding like an old person, this sounds like what is veterans call "normal weather". It's a 2008 or 2009, it's a 1999, it's even a bit 2014 or 2015.  It's not a 2003, 2010, 2017 or 2019 (el scorchio) and it's not 97,98,2007 or 2016 (wet mud bath).  It's weather and we'll all* be fine with something like this.

* Ok, not all of us.

I agree with you entirely but this kind of sensible and reasonable response has no place here in this thread. 

(Although I remember getting totally pissed on in 2014 and having to hide in the beat hotel with Bradley Cooper and this run has no signs of that)

[stuartbert two hats]

22 minutes ago, dizzymoo said:

Sorry Stu but it really did get well over ankle depth in places in 2016. The sheer quantity of mud made going off the paths hazardous, which meant they were more crowded, and it was easier to fall off into the deep stuff. Of course it's not going to be remotely like that this year!

Oh fair enough, it was 8 years ago! I don't remember ever being worried about walking somewhere with my walking boots on.

I did however see people's wellies sucked off a few times.

[The Nal]

YR have updated

Its fucking appalling

Its the worst weather in the history of the festival. By a fucking mile.

Edited June 18, 2022 by The Nal

[Crumbleflaps]

22 minutes ago, Gwladboy said:

Friday 2011 both me and my missus got sucked off.

And I took this photo

I've been sucked off a couple of times.

[gazzared]

2 minutes ago, The Nal said:

YR have updated

Its fucking appalling

Its the worst weather in the history of the festival. By a fucking mile.

At what point do you think Glastonbury will call it quits and start packing everything away ?

[The Nal]

Just now, gazzared said:

At what point do you think Glastonbury will call it quits and start packing everything away ?

Midday Friday.

They can't put gigs on with that amount of rain. 

3 weeks worth of rain in 24 hours.

[Yeo-vile idiot]

1 minute ago, gazzared said:

At what point do you think Glastonbury will call it quits and start packing everything away ?

27 th of June this year … until they go again next year

[kugglaw]

Really struggle to make heads or tails of this thread with all the jargon and references to older Glastonbury’s - 

What will the weather be like, will it be muddy? And if so, how much?

 

 

[gazzared]

Just now, Yeo-vile idiot said:

27 th of June this year … until they go again next year

🤣🤣🤣

[gazzared]

Just now, kugglaw said:

Really struggle to make heads or tails of this thread with all the jargon and references to older Glastonbury’s - 

What will the weather be like, will it be muddy? And if so, how much?

 

 

Prepare for mud and be really happy when their isn't any 

[The Nal]

1 minute ago, kugglaw said:

 What will the weather be like, will it be muddy? And if so, how much?

A quarter of a million people walking around a valley with a months worth of rain falling in 72 hours.

What do we reckon?

[kugglaw]

8 minutes ago, The Nal said:

YR have updated

Its fucking appalling

Its the worst weather in the history of the festival. By a fucking mile.

How set in stone is this / How much are you catastrophising? 

[FloorFiller]

Just now, kugglaw said:

How set in stone is this / How much are you catastrophising? 

Not at all / a lot

[4AssedMonkey]

31 minutes ago, dizzymoo said:

Sorry Stu but it really did get well over ankle depth in places in 2016. The sheer quantity of mud made going off the paths hazardous, which meant they were more crowded, and it was easier to fall off into the deep stuff. Of course it's not going to be remotely like that this year!

And 2011 for the record. Lake Leftfield made an appearance Fri/Sat and a couple of other spots got deep.

Been away for 2 days, just checked back in. Christ the high/low battle this year is proper nail biting. Still not sure and I don’t think we’ll have anything reliable until we get there. Hey ho, at least the ground is rock solid so that’s a good start.

[kugglaw]

1 minute ago, The Nal said:

A quarter of a million people walking around a valley with a months worth of rain falling in 72 hours.

What do we reckon?

I don’t know, that’s why I’m asking…obviously.