Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Electric Picnic 2014 ** NO TICKET DISCUSSION ALLOWED ** see new mod note
Options
Comments
-
-
-
bodhrandude wrote: »Well thats me off, I won't be back till after the festival, so have a good one guys and gals, and I'll see ya down there, bus to Kinnegad from Galway and then a lift from Kinnegad to the festival site woo hoo.
Nice one BD - keep us up to date on weather conditions and the state of the ground etc, and any major changes you see on site...
I think half the enjoyment is in the weeks running up to the festival - checking this thread and other places obsessively for news, scoping out the long range forecast, planning the drink rations / smuggling routes, dreading clashes and making a list of must-sees, be-nice-to-sees and ah-sure-we'll-see-if-I'm-anywhere-near-there-when-they're-ons..
Can't see much work being done on my part this week - will be too busy dreaming
Enjoy the set-up bodhrandude
0 -
UsedToWait wrote: »scoping out the long range forecast
Quoting myself here - (where the hell is everyone!), but forecast on Met Eireann today suggests wellies might be needed.. lot of rain predicted during the week
The only half-decent bit is:Current indications suggest that the weekend may have some spells of rain, but also dry periods.
EDIT:
Boards' own MT Cranium gives the whole sorry picture.. sorry for putting a downer on things, but stock up on the waterproofs and extra pairs of dry socks folksM.T. Cranium wrote: »Sunday, 24 August, 2014
Forecasts for Ireland
TODAY ... Rain will gradually spread further east but may not arrive in north Leinster or east Ulster until afternoon (these regions have started quite cold, the temperature at 0600h was only 2 C at Markree, Sligo -- this chill won't be fully dissipated until afternoon). Some heavier bursts with slight risk of a thunderstorm in central to southeast counties mid-day, 10-15 mm potential, with moderate southeast winds developing, some gusts to 70 km/hr, and highs about 16 C, except for west Munster where 18 C is possible late afternoon as a somewhat milder air mass pushes in from the south.
TONIGHT ... A second and possibly heavier band of rain will develop and move into Munster, reaching south Leinster by dawn. This will bring 10 mm overnight and more during the day on Monday. Further north, misty with drizzle or occasional light rain. Lows 8-10 C north, 10-13 C south.
MONDAY ... With a track along the south coast, the second disturbance will turn winds back to the east for most regions, except possibly along the Waterford and Wexford coasts where it could stay southerly for a time. Heavy rain will spread through Munster into south Leinster. 15-20 mm further accumulations are likely there. For most of Connacht, Ulster and north Leinster, rain will be intermittent and not as heavy except for some isolated thundery showers, and amounts will be generally 5-10 mm. Highs will vary from about 14 C in the north to 18 C near the south coast.
TUESDAY ... Rain gradually ending through the early morning, just a few outbreaks of drizzle near south coast later in the day, variable cloud with some sunny breaks and northeasterly breezes during the mid-day and afternoon hours, morning lows 9-11 C and afternoon highs 15-17 C.
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY ... Further rain is likely with a rather warm, humid feel as highs reach 19 or 20 C in some places. Rainfalls of about 10 mm a day seem likely, isolated heavier amounts south-central counties.
FRIDAY could bring a break in the unsettled weather, and SATURDAY is somewhat uncertain but chances of rain will gradually increase with the approach of a slow-moving system timed for Saturday night into Sunday morning. This could drop some rather heavy rainfalls if it develops as shown on early guidance. However, this is not the developing tropical storm near the Bahamas, that may not arrive at all but seems likely to be absorbed into a frontal system over the central Atlantic around the first two days of September. Any rain from this would arrive 3-4 September.
Will update for Britain and North America tomorrow, earlier comments seem to remain valid ... meanwhile, my local weather has returned to very warm, sunny conditions with the high close to 27 C.0 -
-
Advertisement
-
dixiechick88 wrote: »Oh lord I hope we won't be arriving to a swamp...!! I hope the rain stays away, wouldn't mind a shower or two but if it's anything like today (I'm in cork) we'll be washed out of it!
So long as we have wellies, waterproof jackets, tents, tunes and beers, we'll be grand0 -
beansybeansy wrote: »So long as we have wellies, waterproof jackets, tents, tunes and beers, we'll be grand
Yeah, they way I look at it is, there's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes
Once you can keep reasonably dry, party on!
edit: waterproof trousers are also a godsend - you can sit anywhere you like, and there's nothing worse than being weighed down by soggy jeans - ski trousers are my no.1 festival tip - zip pockets mean no matter how haywire you are, you never lose a thing 0 -
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
UsedToWait wrote: »Yeah, they way I look at it is, there's no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes
I think I might go down and invest in some waterproofs this week - top to toe. I will never forget the rain that came down during Massive Attack x years ago.I've never been to a wet music festival/outdoor gig before through sheer dumb luck. Wellies or good boots?
Wellies basically. Walking boots killed my feet over three days. I'd go for good shoes during day if ground is not too bad and then wellies once it gets dark.
If the ground is in anyway wet - it will get destroyed with thousands of people passing through the same spots all during the day.
This time next week - I will be resembling a zombie. Two days down, and the last few hours and madness to go. I am getting so excited.0 -
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
This discussion has been closed.
Advertisement