The Weather Thread 2024

[Sasperella2]

22 minutes ago, Justcalledtosay said:

I’d like to place on record mine and my fellow non-ticket holder thanks to all those going this year for sacrificing a wet festival in order to allow us to have a dry one next year…your sacrifice hasn’t gone unnoticed 🙌🏻

 

I was just carefully explaining the meteorological phenomenon of 'trading with the Glastonbury weather gods' to my friend.

 

The sacrifice has been a long time coming tbf. 

[Bike_Like_A_Mum]

27 minutes ago, gazzared said:

Yes you are right... Just pissed off we've been soaked again when the rain was supposed to have stopped and the path is flooded 🤣

Ah that's just a puddle you can go through that...

[cb4747]

57 minutes ago, Bike_Like_A_Mum said:

Ah that's just a puddle you can go through that...

'tis but a scratch!

[4AssedMonkey]

I've tried to stay away from weather forecasts, discussions etc. this year until at least a couple of weeks in advance, however I heard earlier that we have el nino impacting the jet stream, which is causing the wet/mild weather we've been having.  Allegedly this may be impacting the whole summer.  Can anyone who is more educated/inteligent than me confirm or deny this phenomena?  (Please be wrong, please be wrong, please be wrong.....)

[Sasperella2]

6 minutes ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

I've tried to stay away from weather forecasts, discussions etc. this year until at least a couple of weeks in advance, however I heard earlier that we have el nino impacting the jet stream, which is causing the wet/mild weather we've been having.  Allegedly this may be impacting the whole summer.  Can anyone who is more educated/inteligent than me confirm or deny this phenomena?  (Please be wrong, please be wrong, please be wrong.....)

And you know what summer famously came off the back of our our friend the El Nino....

 

2007

 

I didn't go to Glastonbury that year but I did frequent some other festivals and damn they were wet!

[4AssedMonkey]

3 minutes ago, Sasperella2 said:

And you know what summer famously came off the back of our our friend the El Nino....

 

2007

 

I didn't go to Glastonbury that year but I did frequent some other festivals and damn they were wet!

 

I know. Terrifying thought.  🤬

[devonhammer]

18 minutes ago, 4AssedMonkey said:

I've tried to stay away from weather forecasts, discussions etc. this year until at least a couple of weeks in advance, however I heard earlier that we have el nino impacting the jet stream, which is causing the wet/mild weather we've been having.  Allegedly this may be impacting the whole summer.  Can anyone who is more educated/inteligent than me confirm or deny this phenomena?  (Please be wrong, please be wrong, please be wrong.....)

 

El Nino isn't a problem this year
El Niño & La Niña (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) | NOAA Climate.gov

[fred quimby]

1 hour ago, devonhammer said:

 

El Nino isn't a problem this year
El Niño & La Niña (El Niño-Southern Oscillation) | NOAA Climate.gov

Good to have you back

[AdrianH]

Still another 3 weeks or so until we get into range of semi reliable (for a general weather pattern) charts. 2 weeks to go if you want to torture yourself with 16 day GFS charts!

 

Current weather isnt too bad really - its certainly more a mixed bag rather than endless rain.

[Franky]

1 hour ago, Sasperella2 said:

And you know what summer famously came off the back of our our friend the El Nino....

 

2007

 

I didn't go to Glastonbury that year but I did frequent some other festivals and damn they were wet!

I can assure you it was not fun. 

[Sheffield Steve]

I'm sure there have been lots of pictures posted from Bearded Theory but here are a few from me. The timing was perfect, all the rain came on arrival day just to make sure everything was wet by the time the tent was up, topped up with a bit more rain sporadically over the weekend just to keep everything moist.  My walking shoes barely cut the mustard. The Oxfam shop sold out of wellies on day 1.

 

In better news however, the 6-week ECMWF charts for Glasto week still predict a warmer than average week and, where previously they had average rainfall over the week, there is now a little droopy finger of drier than average weather over SW England.  A nice trend to see...things are looking up...

Edited May 28, 2024 by Sheffield Steve

[CaledonianGonzo]

Mud photos are giving me the heebie-jeebies.

[Bike_Like_A_Mum]

5 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Mud photos are giving me the heebie-jeebies.

They need to be banned in the name of manifestation

[Franky]

2 minutes ago, Bike_Like_A_Mum said:

They need to be banned in the name of manifestation

Agreed. 

[briddj]

https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-50-days-rain-wettest-summer-record-3078223

[The Nal]

Cant believe they don't know. 

 

We need to start this thread earlier next year.

[Drew3232]

Me heading home on the Monday :

[gherkin8r]

1 hour ago, Sheffield Steve said:

I'm sure there have been lots of pictures posted from Bearded Theory but here are a few from me. The timing was perfect, all the rain came on arrival day just to make sure everything was wet by the time the tent was up, topped up with a bit more rain sporadically over the weekend just to keep everything moist.  My walking shoes barely cut the mustard. The Oxfam shop sold out of wellies on day 1.

 

In better news however, the 6-week ECMWF charts for Glasto week still predict a warmer than average week and, where previously they had average rainfall over the week, there is now a little droopy finger of drier than average weather over SW England.  A nice trend to see...things are looking up...

A droopy finger you say?!

Not the sort of finger I was hoping for but any fingering is better than no fingering at all.

[Ayrshire Chris]

We just need the jet stream to settle over my house, drawing the good weather up to the SouthWest. 

[gooner1990]

[ModernMan]

54 minutes ago, briddj said:

https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-50-days-rain-wettest-summer-record-3078223

Most interesting thing in this was that last year there was 42 days in the same period so not much different…and we all know how good glasto was 👍🏻

[philipsteak]

Did anyone watch this when it came out earlier this year?

 

 

Think @The Nal would love it.

Edited May 28, 2024 by philipsteak

[Pinhead]

Bearded weather was epic - rained for 30 hours constant from 3am Wed to 7am Fri. Campervans were being towed through the mud just to get onsite! Hope to f**k it's better in 3 weeks time.

[Nuthugger]

1 hour ago, briddj said:

https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-50-days-rain-wettest-summer-record-3078223

f**k a duck

[Jacko45]

1 hour ago, Nuthugger said:

f**k a duck

 

That articles now been retracted - The Pilton Forcefield can even infiltrate the media.

 

A source at the Met Office told i: “In short, no, the claims are not true. As is typical for forecasts made at this time of year, signals for prevailing weather patterns over the UK during summer are relatively weak.

 

No, the UK is not set for 50 days of rain despite wettest summer predictions

Forecasts had predicted summer 2024 would be the wettest since 1912