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The Weather Thread 2024


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1 minute ago, briddj said:

After the 00Z gave us the F.E.A.R., what will become of us on the 06Z? Let's find out!

 

THROUGH TO GATES OPEN

 

No rain of any note whatsover and won't be a problem for the ground.

 

Dry with temps of 19-22 through to Wednesday.

 

 

GATES OPEN & WEDNESDAY

 

Yes! Back to dry for gates open! Massive improvement.

 

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Highs of 20-22 on a lovely, dry Wednesday.

 

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You can see that high pressure is in a much better place on this right (most recent on the right.)

 

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THURSDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 21-23.

 

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FRIDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 22-24.

 

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SATURDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 23-25.

 

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Much improved pressure picture on Saturday, with the pocket of lower pressure pushed out. Most recent on the right.

 

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SUNDAY

 

A tiny dribble of rain around in the evening. But highs again of 23-25.

 

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SUMMARY

 

Hooray! A return to a great forecast.

 

But hold onto your hats, there's still a definite KNIFE EDGE over low pressure vs. high pressure.

 

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1 minute ago, AdrianH said:

 

I meant the coming Saturday - not the festival itself

 Even the festival itself looks risky. On a ridge, but we don't have high pressure. To be fair, that's a risk of a few light showers, not a risk of a downpour. Only 6 sleeps until Countryfile.

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3 hours ago, foodmad said:

As a lurker, a lot of people advising patience as we’re still 10 days out. how many days before can we say with reasonable certainty that this is what the weather will be.

 

Just so i can decide whether to buy a few wet weather items! 

Yesterday morning I woke up and looked at my local weather forecast for the day. It said there was going to be 2 hours of thunder in 2 hours time. We have one very noise sensitive dog who is terrified of thunder so I quickly told my husband we need to get ready and go and get the dogs out as there's going to be 80% chance of thunder in 2 hours time. By the time we were walking I checked the app again (about 30 minutes later) and the thunder had gone and been replaced with light rain. By the time it actually came round we got about 5 minutes of drizzle and it was actually quite warm. I tell you this story to demonstrate that even by the time we get to the festival it will still not be clear what the weather holds in store for us for 5 days. Only somebody completely foolhardy doesn't have some form of preparation for both rain and sun. Regardless of the forecast on the weekend before the festival I will be packing waterproofs, walking boots, sun screen and a handheld fan.

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10 minutes ago, briddj said:

After the 00Z gave us the F.E.A.R., what will become of us on the 06Z? Let's find out!

 

THROUGH TO GATES OPEN

 

No rain of any note whatsover and won't be a problem for the ground.

 

Dry with temps of 19-22 through to Wednesday.

 

 

GATES OPEN & WEDNESDAY

 

Yes! Back to dry for gates open! Massive improvement.

 

image.thumb.png.953bf4656c912b27c80adb7180733535.png

 

 

Highs of 20-22 on a lovely, dry Wednesday.

 

image.thumb.png.4d53a974285b5a848747bc6cb6f90712.png

 

You can see that high pressure is in a much better place on this right (most recent on the right.)

 

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THURSDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 21-23.

 

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FRIDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 22-24.

 

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SATURDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 23-25.

 

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Much improved pressure picture on Saturday, with the pocket of lower pressure pushed out. Most recent on the right.

 

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SUNDAY

 

A tiny dribble of rain around in the evening. But highs again of 23-25.

 

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SUMMARY

 

Hooray! A return to a great forecast.

 

But hold onto your hats, there's still a definite KNIFE EDGE over low pressure vs. high pressure.

Do these runs give any indication of low/night time temps? 

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48 minutes ago, briddj said:

After the 00Z gave us the F.E.A.R., what will become of us on the 06Z? Let's find out!

 

THROUGH TO GATES OPEN

 

No rain of any note whatsover and won't be a problem for the ground.

 

Dry with temps of 19-22 through to Wednesday.

 

 

GATES OPEN & WEDNESDAY

 

Yes! Back to dry for gates open! Massive improvement.

 

image.thumb.png.953bf4656c912b27c80adb7180733535.png

 

 

Highs of 20-22 on a lovely, dry Wednesday.

 

image.thumb.png.4d53a974285b5a848747bc6cb6f90712.png

 

You can see that high pressure is in a much better place on this right (most recent on the right.)

 

image.thumb.png.3c8788cc165749706fed30505efc3f3a.png

 

THURSDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 21-23.

 

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FRIDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 22-24.

 

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SATURDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 23-25.

 

image.thumb.png.1508dae841a4dde5bdd2f72935668713.png

 

Much improved pressure picture on Saturday, with the pocket of lower pressure pushed out. Most recent on the right.

 

image.thumb.png.b4f42ae4b48c775cf64a3f2abd6123ae.png

 

SUNDAY

 

A tiny dribble of rain around in the evening. But highs again of 23-25.

 

image.thumb.png.30c96bbe5085e9fa1ec6ecb018ac96d8.png

 

SUMMARY

 

Hooray! A return to a great forecast.

 

But hold onto your hats, there's still a definite KNIFE EDGE over low pressure vs. high pressure.

 

WE ARE SO BACK.

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1 hour ago, briddj said:

After the 00Z gave us the F.E.A.R., what will become of us on the 06Z? Let's find out!

 

THROUGH TO GATES OPEN

 

No rain of any note whatsover and won't be a problem for the ground.

 

Dry with temps of 19-22 through to Wednesday.

 

 

GATES OPEN & WEDNESDAY

 

Yes! Back to dry for gates open! Massive improvement.

 

image.thumb.png.953bf4656c912b27c80adb7180733535.png

 

 

Highs of 20-22 on a lovely, dry Wednesday.

 

image.thumb.png.4d53a974285b5a848747bc6cb6f90712.png

 

You can see that high pressure is in a much better place on this right (most recent on the right.)

 

image.thumb.png.3c8788cc165749706fed30505efc3f3a.png

 

THURSDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 21-23.

 

image.thumb.png.72619db851467f276131792a89f55ce4.png

 

FRIDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 22-24.

 

image.thumb.png.5e2ba0ae118a7dc1a0a31b37ecb2dd2a.png

 

SATURDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 23-25.

 

image.thumb.png.1508dae841a4dde5bdd2f72935668713.png

 

Much improved pressure picture on Saturday, with the pocket of lower pressure pushed out. Most recent on the right.

 

image.thumb.png.b4f42ae4b48c775cf64a3f2abd6123ae.png

 

SUNDAY

 

A tiny dribble of rain around in the evening. But highs again of 23-25.

 

image.thumb.png.30c96bbe5085e9fa1ec6ecb018ac96d8.png

 

SUMMARY

 

Hooray! A return to a great forecast.

 

But hold onto your hats, there's still a definite KNIFE EDGE over low pressure vs. high pressure.

 

 

I just wee wee'd a little bit.
I now expect major disappointment.

 

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2 hours ago, Superscally said:

 

Yeah, it wasn't so bad. Its just tiring being on feet all day. Number one thing is if it's wet, have a chair if you need to take breaks and obviously be considerate in your use of em - people seemed to be at Download.

This wasn't as bad as 2016

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Cheers bud. Parts of the site got quite deep on Sunday, and it turned quite sticky after the sun in parts, but I honestly thought it was fine. So many people moaning about it though. 🙈😂

 

I think this is probably (touch wood) the very worst we could get at Glasto now, unless the models start forecasting some freak storm on their runs in the next few days… 

 

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Also, with the sun on Sunday, higher parts of the site, that caught the sun all day, were already like this in the evening!!! 
 

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Sat up there on nice dry ground watching Corey Taylor and Machine Head. 🙂 

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18 minutes ago, Alvoram said:

Cheers bud. Parts of the site got quite deep on Sunday, and it turned quite sticky after the sun in parts, but I honestly thought it was fine. So many people moaning about it though. 🙈😂

 

I think this is probably (touch wood) the very worst we could get at Glasto now, unless the models start forecasting some freak storm on their runs in the next few days… 

 

IMG_4258.thumb.jpeg.f9b4f5a165798d94eb0ac1af332d168c.jpeg
 

Also, with the sun on Sunday, higher parts of the site, that caught the sun all day, were already like this in the evening!!! 
 

IMG_4261.thumb.jpeg.f619a3b6dbcd26865d6f7f9853fefec0.jpeg
 

Sat up there on nice dry ground watching Corey Taylor and Machine Head. 🙂 

Excellent. All of this. Especially the fact that Corey must be feeling better.

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2 hours ago, briddj said:

After the 00Z gave us the F.E.A.R., what will become of us on the 06Z? Let's find out!

 

THROUGH TO GATES OPEN

 

No rain of any note whatsover and won't be a problem for the ground.

 

Dry with temps of 19-22 through to Wednesday.

 

 

GATES OPEN & WEDNESDAY

 

Yes! Back to dry for gates open! Massive improvement.

 

image.thumb.png.953bf4656c912b27c80adb7180733535.png

 

 

Highs of 20-22 on a lovely, dry Wednesday.

 

image.thumb.png.4d53a974285b5a848747bc6cb6f90712.png

 

You can see that high pressure is in a much better place on this right (most recent on the right.)

 

image.thumb.png.3c8788cc165749706fed30505efc3f3a.png

 

THURSDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 21-23.

 

image.thumb.png.72619db851467f276131792a89f55ce4.png

 

FRIDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 22-24.

 

image.thumb.png.5e2ba0ae118a7dc1a0a31b37ecb2dd2a.png

 

SATURDAY

 

Completely dry, highs of 23-25.

 

image.thumb.png.1508dae841a4dde5bdd2f72935668713.png

 

Much improved pressure picture on Saturday, with the pocket of lower pressure pushed out. Most recent on the right.

 

image.thumb.png.b4f42ae4b48c775cf64a3f2abd6123ae.png

 

SUNDAY

 

A tiny dribble of rain around in the evening. But highs again of 23-25.

 

image.thumb.png.30c96bbe5085e9fa1ec6ecb018ac96d8.png

 

SUMMARY

 

Hooray! A return to a great forecast.

 

But hold onto your hats, there's still a definite KNIFE EDGE over low pressure vs. high pressure.


You love to see it. 

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The operational run is somewhat more optimistic than the mean of all runs for the opening of the festival, the precipitation chart shows a number of runs are interested in bringing some rain in.  

 

 

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The met office are slowly getting on board..

 

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A change to cloudier weather with outbreaks of rain, these most prevalent in the west of the UK, is expected to be well underway by the start of the forecast period. However, this may not last too long, as it continues to look increasingly likely that a drier, warmer, and settled spell will begin to develop later this coming weekend, and into the following week. There is a small chance that this could persist for much of the rest of the period, turning increasingly hot, however by mid-next week a large range of outcomes which also include a small chance of colder, more unsettled weather also become possible. Generally settled, and warmer than average conditions appear most likely.

 

Generally settled, and warmer than average conditions appear most likely.

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