The Weather Thread 2024

[LeFreak]

How much rain would we need for the ground to churn up pretty badly? It's going to be wet at points, I can get over that. But spending 5 days trudging around in the muck will be harder to accept.. 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Just as well it's too early to take any of this to the bank then.

[Ayrshire Chris]

Four and a half  days to gates opening, things can change, and change again, and again. 

[hboss]

Don't worry guys it's going to be hot dry and sunny

Edited June 21, 2024 by hboss

[mcmenace]

OK so we're getting rained on at some point. I lived and partied through 2007, meh.

So now all I'm arsed about is that it is GLORIOUS for LCD's sundown set on Friday 😎

[hboss]

It's going to be hot dry and sunny 

[Euphoricape]

Just now, Ayrshire Chris said:

Four and a half  days to gates opening, things can change, and change again, and again. 

And they definitely will change again and again. There's no chance tonight's charts will be much like the actual outcome. 

[guypjfreak]

Hoping for good weather for you all 

[rlandy95]

7 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

I think we all need to accept now its a wet one it's still too early, every single run since Wednesday has shown rain at least 2 days of the festival. the runs since Wednesday aren't 100% accurate and the ensembles show varying stories, plus theres actually 11 different models out there displaying completely varying data.

 

Gutted for my pal as its her first one, its hard to convince someone that watching the sunset from the hill in driving rain is as good as 20c.

 

Even the metoffice say within their 1-2 day forecast its still not possible to pinpoint where rain is going to fall - https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/guides/about-forecasts#:~:text=Three- to five-day forecast,severe weather in this period.

 

[Toilet Duck]

5 minutes ago, JohnnyUtah24 said:

It's my second one. My first one, 2016. Sake 

Sorry, but I'm afraid it's also your last. You can't come anymore. You're a jinx. 😜

 

(caught my first tube this morning...sir. Love that film!). 

 

[JohnnyUtah24]

1 minute ago, Toilet Duck said:

Sorry, but I'm afraid it's also your last. You can't come anymore. You're a jinx. 😜

 

(caught my first tube this morning...sir. Love that film!). 

 

True, me and Coldplay there is too powerful a force even for the sun

 

I can only apologise guys 

[theDandy]

9 minutes ago, JohnnyUtah24 said:

It's my second one. My first one, 2016. Sake 

Hahahaha ffs. D:Ream after this

[AdrianH]

sh*t conditions are definitely not set in stone.

 

I think its pretty certain we are going to see something less settled on Wednesday now but if the path of the low is favourable then it could merely be a period of drizzle followed by an improving picture towards the weekend.

[balti-pie]

7 minutes ago, LeFreak said:

How much rain would we need for the ground to churn up pretty badly? It's going to be wet at points, I can get over that. But spending 5 days trudging around in the muck will be harder to accept.. 

more than 25mm in a 24hr period would be my concern level; anything less than that should be fine, and anything more would have me prepping the wellies from the back of the car. Either way though it’s crack on.
Bearded had 70mm of rain in about 36hrs! 

[Toilet Duck]

Just now, JohnnyUtah24 said:

True, me and Coldplay there is too powerful a force even for the sun

 

I can only apologise guys 

To be fair, one of mates has come with us 3 times. '07, '11 and '16. He's yet to see solid ground on the farm!

[Glastonbury101]

Just been checking "The Weather Thread 2023" - can confirm I'll be clocking off this thread haha. Unless 2023 was actually really wet (I wasn't there), essentially none of these predictions are relevant even until the Tues/Weds of the festival. This is to say that rain was forecast all of Sat/Sun then on the Tuesday etc. So seems like a good idea to pack for all occasions 🙂 

[Walter Sobchak]

Fook me! Nal could be right for the first time! 🫣

[behindthebunhouse]

6 minutes ago, hboss said:

It's going to be hot dry and sunny 

Finally, an expert speaks!

[CaledonianGonzo]

Trying to recall a recent year when - 5 days out - we were locked in for a good forecast with a settled unshifting and persistent high guaranteeing good weather.  I just can't recall one recently.

[Flighty Zoo]

1 minute ago, behindthebunhouse said:

Finally, an expert speaks!

This is literally spanglish to me. Could you elaborate?! 

[Devo96]

I don’t want to have to wear my wellies on the coach!!!

[Jacko45]

Just now, Flighty Zoo said:

This is literally spanglish to me. Could you elaborate?! 

 

He's the only person predicting it'll be nice so let's hope he's right.

[Toilet Duck]

1 minute ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Trying to recall a recent year when - 5 days out - we were locked in for a good forecast with a settled unshifting and persistent high guaranteeing good weather.  I just can't recall one recently.

Don't even recall it being a cert in 2010 to be honest. 

[briddj]

11 minutes ago, hboss said:

It's going to be hot dry and sunny 

 

IMAGINE IF THIS CAME OFF

[behindthebunhouse]

4 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

 

He's the only person predicting it'll be nice so let's hope he's right.

let’s remember that neither he nor anyone on this thread is ‘predicting’ anything - we’re chewing over the individual outputs of computer models, and none of us are remotely qualified to make head or tails of them or put them in their proper context. Nobody has the resources or credentials to actually forecast anything 

Edited June 21, 2024 by behindthebunhouse