The Weather Thread 2024

[Toilet Duck]

1 hour ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

Sorry man, I feel your pain! Took 3 of us 4 attempts to get our 1 trolley up that slope. I have the occasional Iraq war style fever dream about in this day! (You weren’t there man, you don’t know!)

We arrived at PGA to find it was temporarily closed and were routed up to PGD. Rain, mud and that slippery slope you describe. But, all of us made it in one piece and in decent shape, a little damp, but pretty clean. All bar one of our particularly clumsy mates who sauntered up behind us, covered from head to toe in mud. Claimed someone with a pram tripped him, to which one of my other mates replied, yeah yeah, blame it on the buggy! That’s my overriding memory of the whole trip in on Wednesday in 2011. Laughing our asses off as we went through the gates. 

[devonhammer]

2 hours ago, CR77 said:

 

Or technically... the correct Glastonbury is... Pilton!  LOL! 

 

Sometimes the Glastonbury and Pilton forecasts actually differ, and Pilton is of course closer, so that's the one I go to on the BBC site.

 If people accidentally get the Pilton, Devon forecast could they let me know how my lawn will cope while I'm away?

[Euphoricape]

I'm preparing myself for tomorrow mornings horror run. Every morning this week has been a shower of shite, followed by later runs bringing the goods.

[dizzymoo]

2 hours ago, LinvoyPrimus said:

And even then… Pilton in Somerset NOT Pilton in Devon. 

There's also a Pilton in Edinburgh. Completely freaked me out in 2022 when forecast seemed to show a 10 degree reduction in temperatures!

[Aragorn]

Lots of runs looking to bring that low closer. Knife edge stuff

 

 

[Aragorn]

[Jacko45]

19 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

Lots of runs looking to bring that low closer. Knife edge stuff

 

 

 

It'd be so ridiculous to give us one week of half decent weather then back to below monthly norm.

 

Never had a start to summer like it, it's July and like we've not even begun.

[Beerqueen]

The poncho is firmly staying on my packing pile.  But I've added hydration tablets too.  Lifechanger in 2022 and 2023.

[4AssedMonkey]

1 hour ago, Toilet Duck said:

We arrived at PGA to find it was temporarily closed and were routed up to PGD. Rain, mud and that slippery slope you describe. But, all of us made it in one piece and in decent shape, a little damp, but pretty clean. All bar one of our particularly clumsy mates who sauntered up behind us, covered from head to toe in mud. Claimed someone with a pram tripped him, to which one of my other mates replied, yeah yeah, blame it on the buggy! That’s my overriding memory of the whole trip in on Wednesday in 2011. Laughing our asses off as we went through the gates. 

Blame it on the Buggy is class. Although I remember there were more than one pram, a few wheeled suitcases and a guy in cowboy boots, short sleeve shirt, no jacket and jeans who was soaked beyond belief. Carnage.

[Mrbish82]

1 hour ago, Euphoricape said:

I'm preparing myself for tomorrow mornings horror run. Every morning this week has been a shower of shite, followed by later runs bringing the goods.

 

Doesn't the 00z run use a different set of parameters to the others? I think they are all different but it's the 00z that is usually an outlier compared to the rest 

[Neil]

there's sometimes a weather station on the pyramid, and you can get its readings at weather underground. i just had a search for it, and its not there at the moment. it'll probably get installed soon, cos they need to monitor windspeed for various stuff. if it get installed, you can use it for a super mega-local  forecast, because weather underground will do that for you. combining the weather station data with the general data that all the forecasters use.

[Ayrshire Chris]

At least we can now be more confident that the build will be completed in dry conditions so less chance of a 2016 style churn up. 

[AdrianH]

27 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

At least we can now be more confident that the build will be completed in dry conditions so less chance of a 2016 style churn up. 

 

I think this is key - if it tips it down on Saturday night I'm not too arsed if we've had decent conditions up to then

[fred quimby]

5 minutes ago, AdrianH said:

 

I think this is key - if it tips it down on Saturday night I'm not too arsed if we've had decent conditions up to then

Can I just say I do not want it to tip down on Saturday night. That talk is madness. I am arsed. 

 

[Field Commander Jefferson]

40 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

At least we can now be more confident that the build will be completed in dry conditions so less chance of a 2016 style churn up. 

[gizmoman]

3 hours ago, cb4747 said:

I have put my wellies back in the cupboard! Hurrah! 

The last year I didn't take wellies was 2005, this was the result,

 

Weather had been great, the forecast was great except for one day of potential rain, in my cocky frame of mind I thought "one day of rain can't do much" In the event it wasn't even a full day of rain just about 20 hours of monsoon like downpours, lessons were learned.

[briddj]

18 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

Can I just say I do not want it to tip down on Saturday night. That talk is madness. I am arsed. 

 

 

It's swivel-eyed nonsense!

[AdrianH]

31 minutes ago, fred quimby said:

Can I just say I do not want it to tip down on Saturday night. That talk is madness. I am arsed. 

 

 

I don't either but if there's rain, I definitely want it at the arse end of the festival. It's relentless muddy days that grind me down, I can cope with one!

[Rabocse]

I’d recommend not looking at this run…. Let’s hope for better in the morning 🙏🏼

[AdrianH]

Poor 18z GFS run for the festival opening. The low pressure gets in and stays close - may improve but it doesn't look worth staying awake for!

[briddj]

12 minutes ago, AdrianH said:

 

I don't either but if there's rain, I definitely want it at the arse end of the festival. It's relentless muddy days that grind me down, I can cope with one!

 

Don't know what you're talking about.....

 

 

[AdrianH]

3 minutes ago, briddj said:

 

Don't know what you're talking about.....

 

 

The stuff of nightmares!

[briddj]

This is going to be a massive outlier again. Has it 15 degrees in London on the Friday of the festival. 

[rlandy95]

This post on netweather giving me faith right now https://community.netweather.tv/topic/100278-model-output-discussion-summer-2024/?do=findComment&comment=5086448

[briddj]

18Z is similar to the 06Z in that it wants there to be heavy rain Weds into Thurs with a low pocket, which is pushed away overnight on Friday to produce a scorchio weekend. 

 

But has to be an outlier.