The Weather Thread 2024

[Thunderstruck]

1 hour ago, Jacko45 said:

 

And we've had 4 hot days since the start of May.

 

Laughable. 

 

What's incredible is May was the warmed on record. Not even joking.

 

Dull, Wet and Very warm.

June has started horrifically though and is currently running 1.7C BELOW the mean.

[Ayrshire Chris]

6 minutes ago, Thunderstruck said:

 

What's incredible is May was the warmed on record. Not even joking.

 

Dull, Wet and Very warm.

June has started horrifically though and is currently running 1.7C BELOW the mean.

[Crazyfool01]

It’ll be fine . Emily moved the festival to the last weekend because the cheese guy told her too 

[efcfanwirral]

I remember over the years (going back to my first Glastonbury, so talking like 10-15 years ago) often thinking in mid-June "I can't believe I'm camping in 2 weeks" because its felt too cold and nowhere near summer yet. But by the time we get there its fine. The forecast looks like that'll be the case this year too. 

 

This feels like a return to that than anything new to me. Its slightly colder, BBC had a good article explaining something about trapped cold air, but the general pattern fits with what I remember. 

[Aragorn]

Hopefully this trend continues with the Azores high attempting to approach the UK at the start of the festival week.

This is the mean of all GFS runs from the 00Z model output 

  

[nikkic]

2 hours ago, Jacko45 said:

 

And we've had 4 hot days since the start of May.

 

Laughable. 

I blame the Tories. 

[Avalon_Fields]

57 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

Hopefully this trend continues with the Azores high attempting to approach the UK at the start of the festival week.

This is the mean of all GFS runs from the 00Z model output 

  

I’m hoping I can pick up some Azores Highs at the Stone Circle. 

[Jacko45]

1 hour ago, Aragorn said:

Hopefully this trend continues with the Azores high attempting to approach the UK at the start of the festival week.

This is the mean of all GFS runs from the 00Z model output 

  

 

All Azores aren't we

[tarw]

4 hours ago, Skip997 said:

Sunny, little fluffy clouds, light breeze on site ATM

How cold did it get last night Skip?

[spencer1981]

AAAW

[Ayrshire Chris]

1 hour ago, Aragorn said:

Hopefully this trend continues with the Azores high attempting to approach the UK at the start of the festival week.

This is the mean of all GFS runs from the 00Z model output 

  

yes, it’s pointing straight towards Somerset, well nearly. 

[gherkin8r]

1 hour ago, Aragorn said:

Hopefully this trend continues with the Azores high attempting to approach the UK at the start of the festival week.

This is the mean of all GFS runs from the 00Z model output 

  

Where does one go to see all these colourful pictures I am obsessed with but don't understand in the slightest?

[doogie]

4 minutes ago, gherkin8r said:

Where does one go to see all these colourful pictures I am obsessed with but don't understand in the slightest?

https://www.netweather.tv/charts-and-data/gfs

[Skip997]

19 minutes ago, tarw said:

How cold did it get last night Skip?

Little cold, but I’m in a insulated van

[aquaman]

do i need to shell out on a pair of walking boots at this stage or will it be dry enough for trainers all weekend...

[Jacko45]

I can confirm BLUE SKY + SUN has arrived in West Yorks for the first time in 2 weeks. 

[Jacko45]

Just now, aquaman said:

do i need to shell out on a pair of walking boots at this stage or will it be dry enough for trainers all weekend...

 

At that risk/reward tipping point. 

 

Wait till 7 days out for the accurate forecast to potential save money, but also lose valuable wearing in time.

 

Good luck solider. 

[devonhammer]

1 minute ago, aquaman said:

do i need to shell out on a pair of walking boots at this stage or will it be dry enough for trainers all weekend...

On Tuesday, we won't know for certain whether it will rain on Saturday and Sunday. I'd always take walking boots

[Ayrshire Chris]

11 minutes ago, aquaman said:

do i need to shell out on a pair of walking boots at this stage or will it be dry enough for trainers all weekend...

Could be sketchers or trainers or walking shoes or walking boots or wellies or flippers 

its on a knife edge as it usually is! 

 

[PollyPeach]

21 minutes ago, aquaman said:

do i need to shell out on a pair of walking boots at this stage or will it be dry enough for trainers all weekend...

buy as an offer to the weather gods then return if the heatwave comes in and it's clear you won't need them? Scientific approach.

[gherkin8r]

7 minutes ago, PollyPeach said:

buy as an offer to the weather gods then return if the heatwave comes in and it's clear you won't need them? Scientific approach.

In my experience buying alternative footwear has meant needing it. If you don't buy it you won't need it. 

[4AssedMonkey]

32 minutes ago, aquaman said:

do i need to shell out on a pair of walking boots at this stage or will it be dry enough for trainers all weekend...

 

I always take wellies/boots/trainers and sliders (for the campsite).  If it's a good forecast, the wellies stay in the car.

 

32 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

I can confirm BLUE SKY + SUN has arrived in West Yorks for the first time in 2 weeks. 

 

Still brass monkeys though isn't it?

[LeeHC]

13 minutes ago, PollyPeach said:

buy as an offer to the weather gods then return if the heatwave comes in and it's clear you won't need them? Scientific approach.

I always take wellies for this reason! Don't tempt the weather gods!!

[tarw]

15 minutes ago, PollyPeach said:

buy as an offer to the weather gods then return if the heatwave comes in and it's clear you won't need them? Scientific approach.

But never return them before the end of the festival. The weather gods will see this as total Cockiness and we will be smote. 

[Jacko45]

Ermm guys.....