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The Weather Thread 2024


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Just now, Chip Batch said:

A couple of hours of fairly heavy rain would make the site muddy even if there no rain between now and it starting. 

Caveat though with a warm June sun it soon dries out with the excellent drainage on site

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I think I can deal with chilly temps, even overnight, just don’t want to have the face the hell of a mud bath but I’m hoping that’s increasingly unlikely considering how’s it’s been and how it’s shaping up at the moment - even if it is a little underwhelming 

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Just now, Aragorn said:

Caveat though with a warm June sun it soon dries out with the excellent drainage on site

Yeah, the thunderstorm on Thursday night in 2009 was fairly spectacular, but apart from the odd muddy patch in the shade, site held up remarkably well and I remember sitting in grass in the park all afternoon on Friday in lovely sunshine. So, definitely not a certainty that any substantial rain automatically turns the site into a quagmire.

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2 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

Caveat though with a warm June sun it soon dries out with the excellent drainage on site

Yep, I remember wearing wellies in 2015 then trainers the next day (think it was 2015 anyway).

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5 minutes ago, VicAtreides said:

I think I can deal with chilly temps, even overnight, just don’t want to have the face the hell of a mud bath but I’m hoping that’s increasingly unlikely considering how’s it’s been and how it’s shaping up at the moment - even if it is a little underwhelming 

Totally agree , you can always put a few layers on .

If the ground is not destroyed then I can live with a bit cooler ! 

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49 minutes ago, Physical_graffiti said:

Couldn’t care less about temperature, 0 degrees to 50 I’ll wear some clothes or some other clothes, dry is what we’re after, a successful run it is then 🌞 🌈 

Be great if we don't all end up in A&E though!

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34 minutes ago, JMB01 said:

How can you go from 26 degrees to 16 degrees in a day !

guess it will jump up again tomorrow!

This thread has reminded me why forecasts a week in advance can’t be taken  serious !

all part of the fun I guess though !

I'm not enjoying this at all any more. Even when the forecasts are good. And yet ...... here I am

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1 hour ago, Toilet Duck said:

Yeah, the thunderstorm on Thursday night in 2009 was fairly spectacular, but apart from the odd muddy patch in the shade, site held up remarkably well and I remember sitting in grass in the park all afternoon on Friday in lovely sunshine. So, definitely not a certainty that any substantial rain automatically turns the site into a quagmire.

I vaguely remember this and the fact that it is a vague memory means it didn't amount to much. I would have remembered loads of mud 

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Just now, Helsbels said:

I vaguely remember this and the fact that it is a vague memory means it didn't amount to much. I would have remembered loads of mud 

It was absolutely torrential. A friend and I sat up in the gazebo all night through it absolutely off our chops. Then when we went to the car to grab a few things in the morning a vicious rumour that Michael Jackson was dead had gotten round.

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1 minute ago, Helsbels said:

I vaguely remember this and the fact that it is a vague memory means it didn't amount to much. I would have remembered loads of mud 

It absolutely chucked it down Friday morning til about midday, we sought refuge in the cabaret tent where MJ's death dominated topics.  It barely affected the site, sun from midday onwards was glorious.  I don't recall the Thursday thunderstorm having any affect on ground conditions at all, I was out all night in trash city.

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39 minutes ago, Spindles said:

It absolutely chucked it down Friday morning til about midday, we sought refuge in the cabaret tent where MJ's death dominated topics.  It barely affected the site, sun from midday onwards was glorious.  I don't recall the Thursday thunderstorm having any affect on ground conditions at all, I was out all night in trash city.

Oh it was that one...I remember waking up to the Michael Jackson news. Maybe I was in bed when it rained. Pretty sure I had been up all night on the Wednesday beforehand 

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