The Weather Thread 2022

[kingmonkey1980]

Good job it’s not this weekend then! Will have easily dried by Weds as long as it stops by Monday.

[briddj]

Right then, let's do the old 12Z!

THIS WEEKEND

Heavy rain for Sunday appears to be setting in now. Is there any way back from this?

Low pressure has full control of the UK.

And it gets worse, with heavy rain now hitting slap-bang on the site on Monday too.

And even worse than that, no drying temperatures.

 

The good news is that the low does retreat on Monday and Tuesday (which is dry).

 

WEDNESDAY - GATES OPEN

Dry, with pleasant temps of 15 for 9am.

 

But Wednesday does now have some light rain later in the day. Though max temps are 20.

 

High pressure is improving into the picture.

 

 

THURSDAY

Dry, max temps 19 - still not brilliant for drying the ground.

 

But some good news at last! High pressure is getting more dominant!

 

FRIDAY

Dry day and much better temperature wise - at 21 the ground will be drying out really well today.

And high pressure is increasingly in control. Could be a warm weekend!

SATURDAY

Scorchio! Completely dry with highs of 24 degrees.

High pressure now absolutely bossing it.

SUNDAY

More manageable at 20 degrees, and still completely dry.

 

High pressure still in command.

SUMMARY

It's a very wet weekend and early into next week, with no temperatures to dry the ground before we all arrive. It means it would be a bit of a squelchy start but we should all be in trainers by later on Friday and definitely on Saturday.

So is it a good or bad update?

Mixed, for sure. Something for everyone in this one!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited June 14, 2022 by briddj

[The Nal]

Glasto HQ already have the "if you havent started on your journey....dont" tweets drafted. 

 

  

1 minute ago, briddj said:

So is it a good or bad update?

One months worth of rain in 2 days?

Just before the gates open?

Edited June 14, 2022 by The Nal

[kalifire]

1 minute ago, The Nal said:

Glasto HQ already have the "if you havent started on your journey....dont" tweets drafted. 

They also have their “don’t forget to bring plenty of water and factor 50” in their back pocket too. They’ll probably need to send both. On the same day. 

[Billy Corgans hair]

There's no way that much rain will fall.

 

If it does I'll buy all the " I hope it's 7°c" dweebs an ice cream on the Saturday

[FuzzyDunlop]

6 minutes ago, briddj said:

Right then, let's do the old 12Z!

THIS WEEKEND

Heavy rain for Sunday appears to be setting in now. Is there any way back from this?

Low pressure has full control of the UK.

And it gets worse, with heavy rain now hitting slap-bang on the site on Monday too.

And even worse than that, no drying temperatures.

 

The good news is that the low does retreat on Monday and Tuesday (which is dry).

 

WEDNESDAY - GATES OPEN

Dry, with pleasant temps of 15 for 9am.

 

But Wednesday does now have some light rain later in the day. Though max temps are 20.

 

High pressure is improving into the picture.

 

THURSDAY

Dry, max temps 19 - still not brilliant for drying the ground.

 

But some good news at last! High pressure is getting more dominant!

 

FRIDAY

Dry day and much better temperature wise - at 21 the ground will be drying out really well today.

And high pressure is increasingly in control. Could be a warm weekend!

SATURDAY

Scorchio! Completely dry with highs of 24 degrees.

High pressure now absolutely bossing it.

SUNDAY

More manageable at 20 degrees, and still completely dry.

 

High pressure still in command.

SUMMARY

It's a very wet weekend and early into next week, with no temperatures to dry the ground before we all arrive. It means it would be a bit of a squelchy start but we should all be in trainers by later on Friday and definitely on Saturday.

So is it a good or bad update?

Mixed, for sure. Something for everyone in this one!

 

 

That is awful. So muddy for people who cant handle the mud & then too hot when the main stuff starts.

Absolute shitshow

[mikegday]

Im optimistic the site will be fine! Wouldn’t it need to be raining day after day from here on in for problems to occur? The ground will soak up a good one off pour down no prob!

[Respectfatfrog]

What's the chances of this changing again?

[Chip Batch]

We’re not looking at anything like 2016 before it starts. It will be fine. 

[squirrelarmy]

Just now, Respectfatfrog said:

What's the chances of this changing again?

Come back in 6 hours. 
 

 

[Justcalledtosay]

1 minute ago, Respectfatfrog said:

What's the chances of this changing again?

100%

[Glastonlocal]

Sounds fine to me. A few people could do with taking some deep breaths and having a cider. 

[jparx]

I’m so confident of this it’s ridiculous. Site will dry up enough by gates opening and then it’ll be dry with low-mid 20s for the festival itself. Easy.

[JoeyT]

2 minutes ago, Respectfatfrog said:

What's the chances of this changing again?

High.

[HyperTechnoHorse]

1 minute ago, Chip Batch said:

We’re not looking at anything like 2016 before it starts. It will be fine. 

I posted the rainfall amounts from 2016 a few pages back. Sunday-Tuesday is basically going to bring about the same, if not more, rain than in 2016, and with less drying time. 

[PolygonWindow]

6 minutes ago, FuzzyDunlop said:

That is awful. So muddy for people who cant handle the mud & then too hot when the main stuff starts.

Absolute shitshow

I don’t think the mud will be that bad tbf 

[Ozanne]

Is this like we had in 2016? Torrential rain the weekend before and the site was just mud for the entire festival?

[briddj]

1 minute ago, JoeyT said:

High.

We all are in here.

[JoeyT]

Chances of avoiding a big deluge over the weekend are dwindling. Still all to play for Mon onwards though.

 

[The Nal]

4 minutes ago, Chip Batch said:

We’re not looking at anything like 2016 before it starts. 

Yeah its worse

[Fred Zepplin]

I don’t care if it’s muddy and I’ve got a pram and 2 kids to push. Just don’t want it to be raining much whilst we are there. 

[squirrelarmy]

1 minute ago, Ozanne said:

Is this like we had in 2016? Torrential rain the weekend before and the site was just mud for the entire festival?

2016 had a lot higher water table. Based on the ground reports the well is super dry so not the same mud risks. 

[giantkatestacks]

20 minutes ago, Justcalledtosay said:

Looks like a white Christmas at this stage.

with bells on.

[woyski]

Oh good god. Finally breaking my silence here as my BP goes through the roof. HOLD ME

[Ozanne]

2 minutes ago, squirrelarmy said:

2016 had a lot higher water table. Based on the ground reports the well is super dry so not the same mud risks. 

Hopefully that will make the difference but ever since 2016 I’ve thought that lots of the rain in the build up is not a ideal.