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[kohoutec]

Just got back from the site, warm all day with the rainclouds avoiding the valley the festival sits in and raining on Wells and Street instead - then at 6pm the wind changed and it absolutely chucked it down!!!!!!!

[wurzel]

The BBC Points West building apparently got struck by lightning during the weather forecast 5 mins ago. The picture did go a bit odd for a second.

Tomorrow, especially evening, looks good, but the rest of the week looks very showery

Edited June 19, 2007 by wurzel

[The Brothers]

The sun came out again and the Brothers Bar is now ready to open tomorrow!!!

It seemed that until 6pm the rainclouds were following some kind of diversion, it was humid all day and more shorts and T-Shirts weather than wellies. A few puddles around, but nothing a decent pair of boots will sort out.

[streaky1]

The sun came out again and the Brothers Bar is now ready to open tomorrow!!!

It seemed that until 6pm the rainclouds were following some kind of diversion, it was humid all day and more shorts and T-Shirts weather than wellies. A few puddles around, but nothing a decent pair of boots will sort out.

[mudmonkey]

If whats just hit south Bristol hits the site from tomorrow there's no way my tent's going to survive! That was seriously nasty storm! But at least there was some sun behind it.

[scmusic]

Oh sheee-it.

Bah, whatever. I like what the man said over at http://www.glastofestivalforecast.co.uk/:

So, overall, the song remains the same - sunny spells, mostly cloudy, scattered showers (some heavy), a bit murky & a bit sticky. There's always time to change though, and people arriving later in the festival could end up telling us that the BBC are predicting sunshine all the way.

Finally, very finally for this forecaster before I pack up my troubles in my old kit bag and head southwestwards, I say this to everyone who has spread alarm with tales of mud, of flood, of torrents of turgid water & gooeyness underfoot: "You don't have a ticket do you?". That's right sap, you're just trying to make me feel like I'm going to have a rubbish time just because of a bit of rain, & it isn't working.

I will be at Glastonbury festival. The festival 400000 people wanted to go to and many thousands more who were too stupid to register for tickets in time wanted to go to as well.

Mud? You think I give a flying fig about mud? Was 2005's storm not worth it for the sheer awesome power of mother nature? Do you think I'd be in the least bit bothered because I might get a bit damp? What sort of moany attitude would that be? This is Britain damn you, Great Britain!

This is the nation that invented cricket, and football, and beer. This is the nation that defeated those uppity Frenchies, saw off the Hun (not once, I might add, but twice), and defeated the Japanese when the Americans needed a bit of help. This is the nation that spread its wings until a third of the globe called Victoria their Queen, that survived the blitz, built railways and spread the joy of tea. Would this sort of attitude have made us great?

Would history recall the battle of Agincourt as gloriously if King Henry V had urged "Once more unto the breach dear friends, once more, ooh hang on tho, bit nippy out eh"? No, I think not.

Would we have been inspired to repel the forces of evil had we heard this over the radiogram? "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills, unless it's raining then we'll have to wait a bit - Tuesday alright for you?".

I don't think so weatherwatchers, now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party, to take this damned festival by the scruff of the neck & kick it into life. We are the festival, we are what makes it great, and we will prevail over a bit of drizzle early in the morning brightening up to give sunny spells later in the afternoon but some possible showers in the evening.

Get your ticket in your hands, get to Pilton and let's get it on.

[SlartyBartfarst]

We are the festival, we are what makes it great, and we will prevail over a bit of drizzle early in the morning brightening up to give sunny spells later in the afternoon but some possible showers in the evening.

[RossTC]

no rain at all in yeovil this evening, sunny spells and dry roads etc

[studavis]

there's just that band thats lingering around the south coast, the remains of that huge storm that brewed in France about 4 hours ago. Slowly, but steadily, it seems to be moving NE. A bit slower than I would have hoped but luckily that is the last of it for the next 24 hours or so.. To be honest, with the humidity and wind thats swirling around at the moment, as long as the site wasn't peppered too badly that will soon dry up and hopefully survive the initial onslaught..

I'll say it again - DON'T trust the forecast for late Thu / Fri just yet - with the temperamental weather it could go either way - hopefully it will turn for the better...

[Pinhead]

Has been pretty dry here just outside Bath all day - so much for pi$$ing it down from lunchtime onwards. Only just got a light shower about 30 mins ago.

Sure it'll be a wet one - but all this weather seems to move fairly rapidly so hopefully it won't just get set in and rain constantly.

[ukslim]

I think that looks quite harmless

Mind you serious rain today/tonight, I reckon bodes for mud even if it doesn't rain at all from then on.

(edit: that's from theweatheroutlook.co.uk)

Edited June 19, 2007 by ukslim

[Terrontress]

I think that looks quite harmless

Mind you serious rain today/tonight, I reckon bodes for mud even if it doesn't rain at all from then on.

[buzzbox]

That was either thunder I just heard, or next door has crashed the car again

[Rich-UK]

Well it couldn't be raining and harder just to the west of London

[scorp]

The puddles are growing and the drain in the road at the front of my house is failing to do its job.

[FFCinthearea]

There's a famous saying up here in Scotland - we are the champions of crappy weather afterall

'there is no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothing'

a philosophy that's worth noting

Edited June 19, 2007 by FFCinthearea

[Matty Hurst]

What the hell is that on Sunday !?!

[buzzbox]

That was either thunder I just heard, or next door has crashed the car again

[ukdaasfan]

jsut had the storm that brewed up in france in Surrey/Hampshire.... could have been worse (he lies!!)

But sun is out again now and it is warm.....

I'm off down the pub as I am not leaving until 3.30pm tomorrow...

Edited June 19, 2007 by ukdaasfan

[scorp]

We are having extremely muggy evening with showers in west sussex - Miles away I know but it is an update on how the front is moving

[superted]

oh my goodness

I hope it's not like it is in North London ATM ...

Just packed up my stuff with a grin on my face and now the sky is orange...

[kohoutec]

Lovely evening in Exeter now...and thread is nearly at 100 pages, how many did we manage in 2005?

[howlin_pete]

Im not sure but im quietly optimistic this one might break the 100 mark...

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Edited June 19, 2007 by howlin_pete

[haznutuk]

the webcam in glast high st shows it's not bad there, too.

[Player]

lightning and thunde storms in kent. Hope it stays here!