The Weather Thread 2024

[Justcalledtosay]

1 minute ago, Drew3232 said:

This thread is making me hard. And my girlf wet, but won't post that in case we jinx it.

 

Better your girlfriend than Glastonbury i suppose..

[gherkin8r]

 

[LinvoyPrimus]

Just bought a new windbreaker / waterproof thing and some welly socks. Out of respect for the weather gods.

[Beaver89]

I too am expecting the arrival of a new waterproof jacket. I went for an upmarket one too so that should further appease the weather gods accordingly towards a dustbowl.

[Aragorn]

The ensembles for the latest operational show that it is one of the more positive runs of the suite.  The mean is significantly lower than the operational.

 

 

 

[Ayrshire Chris]

BBC changing their mind again for about the fifth time today. Now it showery weekend. 

[The Nal]

People reading these runs

 

[Blisterpack]

5 minutes ago, Aragorn said:

The ensembles for the latest operational show that it is one of the more positive runs of the suite.  The mean is significantly lower than the operational.

 

 

 

I like the word 'positive' but less sure about the word 'lower'....  do we need to start peeling ourselves off the ceiling?

[The Nal]

BBC have updated

 

[Jacko45]

Only novice weather freaks believe the Beebs nonsense. 

[Skip997]

It’s lovely here ATM, perfect festival weather 

[The Nal]

2 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

It’s lovely here ATM, perfect festival weather 

 

The festival isn't until next week.

[kalifire]

I’ve only just realised that @The Nal is eFestival’s online sacrifice to the weather gods. By openly accepting the worst case scenario, they are trying to appease the gods into providing the best possible scenario. Don’t know why it took me this long!

[Blisterpack]

Just now, kalifire said:

I’ve only just realised that @The Nal is eFestival’s online sacrifice to the weather gods. By openly accepting the worst case scenario, they are trying to appease the gods into providing the best possible scenario. Don’t know why it took me this long!

He's basically Edward Woodward.

[bennyboi]

18 minutes ago, The Nal said:

BBC have updated

 

 

The BBC is an essential part of the demoralisation campaign. Them and Apple are always the most pessimistic. 

 

Funny that.... 

[bennyboi]

Just now, Nobody Interesting said:

 

I always lick to see the full day and normally laugh when I see one or maybe two images for drizzle for part of one hour being used to describe the entire day - take Saturday on the latest forecast for an example.

 They want to keep us sad. Its not just the weather/glasto, look at the shite they pedal on the news and what's left of there programming. 

[Ayrshire Chris]

21 minutes ago, The Nal said:

BBC have updated

 

😊😊😊

they’ve just flipped it again since that was posted.  Someone at the beeb doesn’t have a ticket😉

[hurdy]

2 minutes ago, Ayrshire Chris said:

😊😊😊

they’ve just flipped it again since that was posted.  Someone at the beeb doesn’t have a ticket😉

Doesn't everyone at the BBC have a ticket?

[devonhammer]

2 minutes ago, hurdy said:

Doesn't everyone at the BBC have a ticket?

 

There's an intern in the iPlayer team who has to stay behind to make sure that the Glasonbury content is all working. They also do the weather forecasts based on old Nanny Hilda's tealeaves.

[briddj]

42 minutes ago, bennyboi said:

 

The BBC is an essential part of the demoralisation campaign. Them and Apple are always the most pessimistic. 

 

Funny that.... 

 

 

[kpins]

I reckon the BBC change it so often to make sure people keep checking it and they get more hits - same as any commercial enterprise really. And it works 

[Jacko45]

@briddj We got an evening kick-off?

 

By that I mean we got a run to get really scared about?

[ibilly99]

54 minutes ago, bennyboi said:

 

The BBC is an essential part of the demoralisation campaign. Them and Apple are always the most pessimistic. 

 

Funny that.... 

BBC put their weather out to contract a few years ago and the Met Office was supposed to win (£75 million) but the Beeb being decent coves didn't tip them off so these new guys won who are frankly rubbish. The army and air traffic control does use the Met Office so you can safely discount the Beeb's new rubbish forecasts. How do I know ? My brother worked for them until quite recently and told me.

[Aragorn]

10 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

@briddj We got an evening kick-off?

 

By that I mean we got a run to get really scared about?

 

its rolling out now - upto next Sun day at present with high pressure over the UK - sneek peek 

 

 

 

[briddj]

12 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

@briddj We got an evening kick-off?

 

By that I mean we got a run to get really scared about?

 

The fun has only just begun.