The Weather Thread 2023

[briddj]

1 minute ago, Justcalledtosay said:

You can’t say this then give us a shitter of a forecast 😠

It was correct at the time of going to press. 😆 You can never know what's going to come next!

[Trunks1993]

36 minutes ago, Duggyfresh44 said:

There’s talk of a plume appearing on the Netweather forums. I honestly reckon this could be an almost carbon copy of 2019….

let’s hope so, was glorious.

[Nick Sneddon]

37 minutes ago, churlie100 said:

Come on mate at least leave it to once per page or something, genuinely making the thread unusable after a point.

just put him on ignore, did this a while ago

[stopwn1981]

I’m not sure we can put too much faith in the good folk on the netweather forums 

[churlie100]

1 minute ago, Nick Sneddon said:

just put him on ignore, did this a while ago

Genuinely didn't know that was an option. Lifesaver, cheers! Bunch of mutes going out now.

[stopwn1981]

Muting people’s opinions on a Glastonbury Festival forum - that’s embracing the spirit. Top drawer 

[frostypaw]

1 minute ago, stopwn1981 said:

Muting people’s opinions on a Glastonbury Festival forum - that’s embracing the spirit. Top drawer 

In fairness it's not opinions, it's intentional efforts at winding people up to enjoy seeing them distressed.

[PolygonWindow]

I’ve accepted it now

[Jacko45]

4 minutes ago, frostypaw said:

In fairness it's not opinions, it's intentional efforts at winding people up to enjoy seeing them distressed.

Yeah that's how it comes across tbf. 

[Jose Pose]

10 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

Muting people’s opinions on a Glastonbury Festival forum - that’s embracing the spirit. Top drawer 

Nobody is blocking anyone with valid opinions. Is it in the spirit of Glastonbury to wind people about the weather?

[stopwn1981]

1 minute ago, Jose Pose said:

Nobody is blocking anyone with valid opinions. Is it in the spirit of Glastonbury to wind people about the weather?

Having witnessed this thread for a number of years, evidently yes. 

[Sasperella2]

40 minutes ago, BBC7BBCHEAVEN said:

Have you got a link? Genuinely curious what a poncho could offer to warrant £70

 

Weather looks ideal for me in terms of temp, if we could just avoid the rain now it'll be perfect

https://rainkiss.com/en-gb/collections/adults/products/jasper-poncho

I went for the tartan. Its so pretty, nice and long, and has elasticated cufs and a massive hood. Perfect for dancing in the rain - I love it! 

And may it remain in its oversized tartan pouch for the entire festival. 

[Jose Pose]

2 minutes ago, stopwn1981 said:

Having witnessed this thread for a number of years, evidently yes. 

If it’s stressing newbies out then its clearly a hard no, isn’t it.

Edited June 12, 2023 by Jose Pose

[Supermerv]

Just now, stopwn1981 said:

Having witnessed this thread for a number of years, evidently yes. 

Not even just on this thread, how many times have you mentioned to someone that you're going to GLastonbury and they feel the need to tell you that it's suppose to rain that weekend?

[Havors]

32 minutes ago, Neil said:

It needs the ground to be water-logged before the festival for a mud bath. There might be some muddy spots this year but no mud bath.

Biggest issue is some flash flooding because the ground is so hard baked. It will run off an pool up in places....

When I say flooding I dont mean whole fields under water I just been bottom of hills you could potentially get large pools of water depending on how much rain and what the drainage is like. 

[stopwn1981]

It’s a silly thread and people should really not let it alter their mood, given that no one has the faintest idea what the weather is actually going to do over a week away.

That is not to denigrate the likes of @briddj who puts in hard yards to present the info coming out the model. That’s fair play and clearly appreciated.

Its all a bit of fun. What will be will be - pack for all eventualities and hope for whatever kind of weather is your preference! 

[andymk]

32 minutes ago, briddj said:

It was correct at the time of going to press. 😆 You can never know what's going to come next!

Looking at the GFS ensembles, the 06z Operational run is an outlier compared to the others, showing the Low pressure having more influence over the weekend.

The Operational run is the one that @briddj had the pictures for (Thicker Green line in the above) whereas the majority are showing the high pressure having more influence (mainly drier too), though as there is such variation in the lines as we progress into next week, it is still far too early to have any clarity on what the weather will actually be like over the festival. The main positive from this is that the average (thick white line) is trending up from Tuesday onwards...

[rlandy95]

Tbf for last year all I wanted was full sunshine (wish pretty much mostly granted). I remember there being a few showers at Arlo Parks, which funnily enough was my favourite moment of the festival with everyone waving sunflowers back in forth in the drizzle, big smiles and not a single person looking upset about the weather. 

Things'll be alright no matter what the outcome!

[WhatADin]

20 minutes ago, Sasperella2 said:

https://rainkiss.com/en-gb/collections/adults/products/jasper-poncho

I went for the tartan. Its so pretty, nice and long, and has elasticated cufs and a massive hood. Perfect for dancing in the rain - I love it! 

And may it remain in its oversized tartan pouch for the entire festival. 

Well, even though I own a lovely North Face jacket AND a gold knee length rain mac, I now want one of these too.

[Helsbels]

22 minutes ago, Sasperella2 said:

https://rainkiss.com/en-gb/collections/adults/products/jasper-poncho

I went for the tartan. Its so pretty, nice and long, and has elasticated cufs and a massive hood. Perfect for dancing in the rain - I love it! 

And may it remain in its oversized tartan pouch for the entire festival. 

Ive got the leopard print one. Tried it out in a torrential thunderstorm yesterday and it did the job. Hoping mine also stays in it's pouch!

[Duggyfresh44]

[kalifire]

36 minutes ago, frostypaw said:

In fairness it's not opinions, it's intentional efforts at winding people up to enjoy seeing them distressed.

It’s just someone trying to be a bit of a Character. They’ve been doing it for years. It’s not supposed to be taken seriously. 

[sprocketrocket]

2 hours ago, Sasperella2 said:

Aye but there is mud and then there is MUD. Dancing about in the former is actually quite wonderful. 

Thankfully MUD is pretty rare!

 

You need tiger feet to dance with mud

[Dreamingofsunnydays]

I’m firmly on the leave The Nal alone camp. He’s the pantomime villain we all need (He’s behind you).
 

As someone said earlier we need balance, and I don’t doubt for a second having experienced this for a second year that there’s no malice meant. Think of him like our very own Marvin the Paranoid Android 🙂

[frostypaw]

7 minutes ago, kalifire said:

It’s just someone trying to be a bit of a Character. They’ve been doing it for years. It’s not supposed to be taken seriously. 

I know that. New folk don't.