The Weather Thread 2024

[Ayrshire Chris]

2 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

Ermm guys.....

 

That’s not the Azores fingers😉😊

[steviewevie]

 

[gherkin8r]

10.30 the Azores finger swings in to save the day. Not sure Aidan understands weather on as deep a level as we all do tbh

[Pinhead]

Spectacular if it happens but 17% is low. Ultimately the jet stream is still too far south for a stable Azores high which if it forms will move NE anyway. Plan for unsettled.

[briddj]

It's the hope that kills you....

 

 

[Euphoricape]

1 minute ago, briddj said:

It's the hope that kills you....

 

 

It's looking too good to be true. There has been talk of this june being very much like 2019, and I remember melting in the heat at glasto that year.

[Franky]

2010 All over again. Woohoo 

[Ayrshire Chris]

34 minutes ago, Euphoricape said:

It's looking too good to be true. There has been talk of this june being very much like 2019, and I remember melting in the heat at glasto that year.

Yes, the Wednesday and Thursday were extremely hot I think.  Certainly remember searching for shade 

[sedra]

Well my friends in Crete on holiday posted it was nearly 40C there. My heating came on today and I’ve been freezing in the office all day🙄

Weather at the moment is just stupid. 

[Jacko45]

1 hour ago, briddj said:

It's the hope that kills you....

 

 

 

Im guessing red is hot?

 

And now were panicking about sweltering heat?

[briddj]

16 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

 

Im guessing red is hot?

 

And now were panicking about sweltering heat?

 

No. Just not freezing!

[Bike_Like_A_Mum]

Come on you beautiful golden finger! Save my festival outfits from going in the bin

[rlandy95]

Channelling this sky, but a nice 20º at 20:00 every day of the fest 🤞

Edited June 12, 2024 by rlandy95

[Ayrshire Chris]

40 minutes ago, Bike_Like_A_Mum said:

Come on you beautiful golden finger! Save my festival outfits from going in the bin

It’s one of the joys of the festival being able to dress up totally differently than you usually do or just slop around in cargo  shorts and baggy t shirts.
Personally a bit of sunshine and i can’t resist buying yet another festival hat and hippy shirt that will spent its life hanging in the wardrobe. 😉😊

[charlierc]

6 hours ago, LeeHC said:

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

One of those "better to have but not need them then need them but not have them" states of mind huh.

 

I still recall turning up at Reading 2011 just for the final day in box-fresh white trainers without knowing that the wet weather had turned the main stage area into a mudbath. During Muse's set, it felt like the moshpit was on an ice rink and tons of us were about to fall over when the riff to New Born properly got going.

[charlierc]

1 hour ago, sedra said:

Well my friends in Crete on holiday posted it was nearly 40C there. My heating came on today and I’ve been freezing in the office all day🙄

Weather at the moment is just stupid. 

I know a lot of it feels nonsensical.

 

I contemplated going to Seville last week for a getaway after a wedding but couldn't get it arranged. Had I gone, it would've been 35-40 degrees C, which I really wouldn't have been able to handle. Same with the near-miss that was contemplating seeing a show in Rome last summer on a day that was 42 degrees C, which I suspect would've been painful.

[Aragorn]

2 hours ago, briddj said:

It's the hope that kills you....

 

 

 

Dangerous setup that.  Seen low pressures undercut the high before. 

 

Warm though

[PolygonWindow]

Didn’t get a ticket this year but couldn’t resist dropping in here.

 

You lot are gonna be fine this year, trending in the right direction compared to some horror show lead ups in previous. ECM is the one to go by for extended range and that is looking tasty. The clusters are providing positive variance in terms of it being warm/ dry.
 

 

Have a fab time all! See ya next year when it absolutely shits down!

Edited June 12, 2024 by PolygonWindow

[CanWeRest]

13 hours ago, Jacko45 said:

 

Yeah regardless of rain, can it just warm up abit?

 

It got down to 8c in West Yorks, that would be f**king brutal in a tent unless you're very prepared.

 

I'm going to be taking about 15 blankets 🥶 

[Skip997]

After a lovely clear day, it was fairly cold last night. It’s currently slightly overcast with heavy rain forecast for a few hours at 14.00. 

[Aragorn]

Good agreement for a pressure rise next week bringing dryer conditions. Festival week also has a number of runs being more favourable but still a wide split

 

 

[Drfoxxx]

https://www.yourweather.co.uk/weather_Pilton-Europe-United+Kingdom-Somerset--1-118957.html?d=second-week

 

This is looking like a beautiful start to festival week.... i'd take this all day 🤗

[AdrianH]

Looking a lot better temperature wise at the very least and drier towards next weekend. A bit of deluge today and there's rain about early next week but hopefully it won't do too much to the ground

[Jacko45]

As others have said today is the big rain day, then it seems to be over the weekend, scattered showers (sometimes heavy) between nice warmer sun. 

 

And there's certainly a trend emerging of it seeming to improve well into next week.

 

Keep on keeping on Azores Finger 

[Sheffield Steve]

The ground is struggling to dry up after our wet spring. This shows the soil moisture conditions across the U.K. at the end of May, still much wetter than average:

 

And by comparison, this was after our dry May last year, which helped to give us a lovely firm festival in 2023:

 

Plenty of time for it to dry up though, as long as we don’t get a deluge between now and the festival…

 

Edited June 13, 2024 by Sheffield Steve