A climate forecaster has warned festival-goers ought to convey solar hats and wellies to Glastonbury as each solar and thunderstorms are to be anticipated.
James Carter, 29, has warned the climate for the legendary music pageant is prone to be very combined – and attendees of the well-known occasion ought to put together accordingly.
The meteorologist, from Worle, Weston-super-Mare, research a wide range of mapping methods for strain patterns, temperature and wind speeds and interprets the info to kind a forecast.
He stated the occasion – going down from 26 to 30 July – at Worthy Farm, simply exterior the village of Pilton in Somerset, is prone to see some scorching climate for the primary few days.
Competition goers are suggested to pack for the rain and the sunshine over the five-day pageant (Pictured: Glastonbury Competition 2023)
Iconic summer time occasions corresponding to Wimbledon and Glastonbury Competition might happen amidst excessive winds and heavy rain (pictured: a Glastonbury pageant attendee caked in mud in 2016)
Glastonbury revellers ought to pack their wellies and a bottle of solar lotion because the Met Workplace has predicted combined climate all through the five-day pageant (Pictured: Glastonbury Competition 2023)
However late on Friday or early Saturday, he stated the climate will flip – going from high-twenties solar and tropical showers to low-twenties and rain.
James stated: ‘It isn’t seeking to be actually chilly or notably extreme winds, however cooler and breezier in direction of the top of the weekend.
‘The most important concern would be the rain – ensure you have your coat in addition to your shorts!’
James stated the climate can be ‘unsettled’ over the course of the pageant – with a heat and humid begin, and the potential for tropical storms.
It would flip cool half approach via the pageant resulting from a northwesterly wind, which can convey a cooler breeze and extra rain.
He warned after the cooler climate comes, the downpours may very well be notably ‘heavy’ throughout the West – together with on the hundreds of festival-goers at Worthy Farm.
Glastonbury Competition 2024 kicks off on Wednesday, June 26 and runs till Sunday, June 30
Competition goers go away the pageant web site carrying their baggage amidst very muddy circumstances on the ultimate day of the pageant in 2016
However the cooler breezes in direction of the top of the weekend might come as a ‘reduction’ from the humid begin to the pageant, he stated.
James added: ‘I might say pack all the things – shorts, suncream and umbrella – so that you’re ready!’
His forecast has been echoed by the Met Workplace who’ve predicted combined climate all through the five-day pageant.
Forecasters stated there’s a chance of downpours however recommended that crowds may anticipate to see some sunshine as they watch the likes of Coldplay and Shania Twain take the stage.
Revellers sunbathe as temperatures soar in the course of the Glastonbury Competition of Music and Performing Arts on Worthy Farm in 2019
Deep mud and rain would not deter revelers at Glastonbury in 2016
Nicky Maxey from the Met Workplace stated: ‘The final alerts for the time present a low strain within the south west.
‘If that comes into play we might anticipate to see solar within the south and rain within the north.
‘For the time being we’ve got pretty dry floor which might be good for the pageant, though that would change as there’s rain forecast in the present day which might change issues, though how I am undecided.
‘We can have a significantly better concept as to what to anticipate within the coming days, as we get nearer to Glastonbury.
‘We have a look at traits and in the mean time they’re pretty weak,’ he added to the Mirror.
