The Weather Thread 2024

[CaledonianGonzo]

You can see the Friday 2015 rain clearly when Mary J Blige is doing No More Drama

[Glasto Weatherwatch]

2 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

You can see the Friday 2015 rain clearly when Mary J Blige is doing No More Drama

It was particularly unlucky - there was a small band of really heavy rain and it hit the site directly - 10 miles each side East and West got nothing. 

[gherkin8r]

1 hour ago, Wooderson said:

 

Unless im wide of the mark did it not "largely dry out" by Sunday in '11? The Sunday in 2016 was awful.

In my mind I had 2016 down as not even that bad despite the weather. Went back through lineup recently and literally cannot remember seeing anything. Coldplay on Sunday was the only one I remember for sure and I was only there because my feet were so sore I couldn't walk anywhere else. Think I enjoyed madness but that may have been a different year because in my mind it was sunny when they were on. 

[Guest]

So which year was the big thunder storm where they were apparently considering closing the festival and had divers checking tents. It wasn't 2014, so it must have been  2015 or 2016?

[CaledonianGonzo]

2016 the festival was close to being cancelled in the run up due to the state of the site.

[giantkatestacks]

2015 was the big thunder storm where the stages had to shut down for a bit no? 2014 pyramid field was definitely muddy for Metallica as I almost collided into Johnny Vegas in it behind the sound stages.

[The Red Telephone]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

 

Wasn't there a load of "still time to dry out" merchants that year? 

When I reached the 9th hour of queuing outside Street, I then conceded there may be an issue within the festival site.

Edited June 21, 2024 by The Red Telephone

[CaledonianGonzo]

4 minutes ago, giantkatestacks said:

2015 was the big thunder storm where the stages had to shut down for a bit no? 

 

2014

[briddj]

42 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

 

Where you looking? Our gurus on here, thinking much heavier rain sadly. 

 

No heavy rain on the last GFS.

[Respectfatfrog]

35 minutes ago, 1986 said:

Yeah too many people on here try and gaslight us into thinking 2016 wasn't f**king dreadful all weekend. 

The rain performed better then Elo 

[The Other Steve]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

2014

Stages defo closed in 2014 as I was watching Rudimental mid afternoon on the Pyramid when it happened.

[briddj]

33 minutes ago, Glasto Weatherwatch said:

TBF was never a proper mud bath, got pretty sticky and needed boots wellies Friday evening, then it dried out during Saturday only for it to rain overnight and top it up again. I'm probably over egging it. 

I have no memory whatsoever of bad ground in 2015.

[alibear]

8 minutes ago, giantkatestacks said:

2015 was the big thunder storm where the stages had to shut down for a bit no? 2014 pyramid field was definitely muddy for Metallica as I almost collided into Johnny Vegas in it behind the sound stages.

 

That was 2014 - during Rudimental.I got this pic after the storm from behind Pyramid

[briddj]

12Z is go.

[The Other Steve]

1 minute ago, briddj said:

I have no memory whatsoever of bad ground in 2015.

 

Me neither.

[Flighty Zoo]

I am a bit bamboozled by this thread. Was having a good run of keeping up with it and last I saw on Wednesday was overwhelmingly positivity, but... where are we at now?! Unsettled weather? A deluge of the sorts not seen since the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs?

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

 

2014

 

Sorry my mistake - I was talking about 2005

[TokiDoki]

1 hour ago, Glasto Weatherwatch said:

 

I still think one of the enduring Glastonbury myths is that 2008 ticket sales were slow because of Jay-Z and Emily 'rebooting the festival'. I went with a group of about 35 in 2007, and it was so awful only four of us returned in 2008. 

 

Similar experience here. If forecasts were showing a 2007 washout, I think I'd actually just stay at home. Especially since I'm nearly 20 years older now! It was so exhausting, and depressing by the end. Destroyed me physically and mentally.

[Euphoricape]

Latest ecm looking positive. Screenshot from netweather.

Sorry for the picture quality. Top pic is Friday 28th to Tuesday 2nd July.

 

 

Edited June 21, 2024 by Euphoricape

[RaphPH]

Some various photos I took of 2016 to give an indication of the varying experience 

[Jacko45]

1 minute ago, RaphPH said:

Some various photos I took of 2016 to give an indication of the varying experience 

 

Some quality pics them! Well played.

[Jacko45]

1 minute ago, Euphoricape said:

Latest ecm looking positive. Screenshot from netweather.

 

 

 

I need the images explaining as I'm a doylum

[kemosabe]

4 minutes ago, Euphoricape said:

Latest ecm looking positive. Screenshot from netweather.

 

 

Proabably going to embaress myself as per, but does that show that spot of low pressure that was hanging over the UK has dissapated? 

Edited June 21, 2024 by kemosabe

[Euphoricape]

1 minute ago, Jacko45 said:

 

I need the images explaining as I'm a doylum

The high looks to be winning basically. Hopefully not an outlier, latest gfs rolling out now.

[Talcroft]

10 minutes ago, briddj said:

I have no memory whatsoever of bad ground in 2015.

 I have no memory whatsoever of 2015 full stop.