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Lzmunky · 28-08-2017 02:37PM

Charles OCK wrote: »

The job is only beginning my friend

I should rephrase. Responsibilities done.

Poorside · 28-08-2017 02:38PM

gandalfio wrote: »

Was half expecting something given the Sgt Peppers 50th anniversary this year

maybe the gospel choir will do it,with a special appearance by macca.

gandalfio · 28-08-2017 02:42PM

Poorside wrote: »

maybe the gospel choir will do it,with a special appearance by macca.

:-)
Louisiana 6 are a skiffle group. Probably the closest we'll get

scruff monkey · 28-08-2017 02:52PM

MJohnston wrote: »

I'm looking directly at the simulation charts here http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=nwdc;sess= (pick UK Precipitation from the drop down and then cycle through till about +129)

How accurate are they? Surely it's going to be wednesday or thursday before we've a properly accurate forecase?

johnnyskeleton · 28-08-2017 03:09PM

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

People have asked to list various genres
Rap - m/c /// Trad /// Jazz /// Techno etc

How about listing the cover bands.
There are so many new sounds to take in, that sometimes it's nice to be greeted with the familiar!

Roadhouse Doors (the doors)
These Charming Men (the smiths)
Harvest (neil young)
Le Freak (chic, sister sledge, diana ross etc)
RobotRock (bit of a stretch as they remix daft punk, basement jaxx, chems etc)
Salty Dog no stars are doing exile on main street as their album this year (rolling stones).

Any others to add to the list?

Clandestinos on the B&S stage on the Sunday are, I think, a Manu Chau/Manu Negra coverband with bits of madness and other stuff thrown in too. Think they play their own stuff as well so not sure if they are a coverband as such.

ghostdancer · 28-08-2017 03:09PM

scruff monkey wrote: »

How accurate are they? Surely it's going to be wednesday or thursday before we've a properly accurate forecase?

the weather sites with cartoon graphics and vague predictions all take their info from those type of charts, so it's as accurate as it's going to get at the moment.
it's still 6 days away, things can change a lot by then, and the precipitation/rain is harder to predict than most other things

the HGT 500-1000 chart is showing plenty of high pressure around over the weekend, so if that pushes up a bit, we could end up with a lovely dry warm weekend.

davew121 · 28-08-2017 03:11PM

is the wristband exchange open on Thursday in the campervan setion? Cant remember from last year....

MJohnston · 28-08-2017 03:13PM

scruff monkey wrote: »

How accurate are they? Surely it's going to be wednesday or thursday before we've a properly accurate forecase?

Well, the GFS model is one of the major weather models, but it's not quite as good accuracy wise as the ECM model, but the GFS is free and the ECM is licensed, so I'm using it! I think there's a lot of low confidence in forecasts currently due to some disturbances.

To give you an idea of why we can't get accurate forecasts until closer to the date, go here and pick 'Height 500hpa + SLP', which will show you the interactions of all the different pressure systems. Click animate and watch fluid mechanics in action! Really difficult to get right with accuracy when there's so many systems interacting.

Anyway, what will bring us the forecasted rain is two low pressure areas that currently don't even show up in the model until about 24 hours from now, then they bulk up, move across the Atlantic, interact with each other, and with the high pressure that'll be over us by Thursday/Friday, and then they send out some troughs that'll create the rain...basically, there are a huge amount of variables in there, and if any one of them is off even slightly, we might escape with no rain at all, or get even more rain!

By Wednesday, the different models will hopefully start to converge on the truth.

johnnyskeleton · 28-08-2017 03:17PM

MJohnston wrote: »

I'm looking directly at the simulation charts here http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=nwdc;sess= (pick UK Precipitation from the drop down and then cycle through till about +129)

That shows there being at most 2mm at most, not 20mm, in the Laois/Kildare area on the Saturday at 6pm:

http://max.nwstatic.co.uk/gfsimages/gfs.20170828/00/138/ukprec.png

MJohnston · 28-08-2017 03:22PM

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

That shows there being at most 2mm at most, not 20mm, in the Laois/Kildare area on the Saturday at 6pm:

http://max.nwstatic.co.uk/gfsimages/gfs.20170828/00/138/ukprec.png

I didn't say the 20mm would happen all at 6pm, I'm talking about 20mm between then and Sunday morning.

eddiegisto · 28-08-2017 03:23PM

MJohnston wrote: »

I didn't say the 20mm would happen all at 6pm, I'm talking about 20mm between then and Sunday morning.

So bring the wellies

johnnyskeleton · 28-08-2017 03:23PM

MJohnston wrote: »

I didn't say the 20mm would happen all at 6pm, I'm talking about 20mm between then and Sunday morning.

Oki doke. I can live with that if it's light rain over 10 hours on one of the three days!

MJohnston · 28-08-2017 03:23PM

Here's a site using the GFS model showing precipitation accumulation figures

_feedback_ · 28-08-2017 03:26PM

I love how everyone becomes a weather expert on EP week!

(and procrastination experts) :cool:

eddiegisto · 28-08-2017 03:27PM

_feedback_ wrote: »

I love how everyone becomes a weather expert on EP week!

(and procrastination experts) :cool:

Yes absolutely no work being done in work oops

Former Former · 28-08-2017 03:28PM

The Met Service have a really good 5-day forecast. http://met.ie/forecasts/5day-ireland.asp

As of now, it only goes up to 12pm Saturday, but there's a big bastard of a weather system moving in from the west.

If this doesn't change, it's going to dump a lot of rain Saturday evening/night.

billybonkers · 28-08-2017 03:29PM

I remember a boards user made a lightweight app that had all of the stag times last year, it would send a notification a little bit before your selections were playing to your phone.

Anyone remember this? It was much much better than the official app

maximoose · 28-08-2017 03:29PM

billybonkers wrote: »

I remember a boards user made a lightweight app that had all of the stag times last year, it would send a notification a little bit before your selections were playing to your phone.

Anyone remember this? It was much much better than the official app

It's on the way

kg703 · 28-08-2017 03:34PM

eddiegisto wrote: »

So bring the wellies

You would want to be feeling fairly brave to leave your wellies at home in any case!

irishfan9 · 28-08-2017 03:34PM

not liking the sound of things now..

heebusjeebus · 28-08-2017 03:37PM

Former Former wrote: »

The Met Service have a really good 5-day forecast. http://met.ie/forecasts/5day-ireland.asp

As of now, it only goes up to 12pm Saturday, but there's a big bastard of a weather system moving in from the west.

If this doesn't change, it's going to dump a lot of rain Saturday evening/night.

Windy.com has that weather system tracked too but it looks to dissipate as it goes over the country. Fingers crossed:

https://www.windy.com/?rain,2017-09-03-12,51.413,-11.162,5

Peesh89 · 28-08-2017 03:37PM

I'm refusing to believe anything but YR.. If we all just totes visualise amazing weather and send posi vibes in to the air and sing our yoga prayers to the weather gods and not accept any negative weather thoughts, the sun will come in abundance.

eddiegisto · 28-08-2017 03:39PM

kg703 wrote: »

You would want to be feeling fairly brave to leave your wellies at home in any case!

Touché

eddiegisto · 28-08-2017 03:45PM

Peesh89 wrote: »

I'm refusing to believe anything but YR.. If we all just totes visualise amazing weather and send posi vibes in to the air and sing our yoga prayers to the weather gods and not accept any negative weather thoughts, the sun will come in abundance.

Agreed ðŸ˜

team_actimel · 28-08-2017 03:51PM

eddiegisto wrote: »

So bring the wellies

Boots > Wellies

Easy Rod · 28-08-2017 03:55PM

hungoverbunny wrote: »

has anyone gotten the buses Sunday night/monday morning at around 4am?

If its possible debating having my stuff packed and heading home after the music stops so I can wake up in my own bed.

Yep, I always do it. Highly recommend it. Sleep on the bus for an hour and waking up in your own bed on Monday morning is bliss.

ghostdancer · 28-08-2017 03:58PM

_feedback_ wrote: »

I love how everyone becomes a weather expert on EP week!

(and procrastination experts) :cool:

it's nothing compared to efestivals and their pre-Glastonbury weather threads that run to a few hundred pages!
I've learned more about weather and climate from browsing them in June for the last couple of years than in 12 years of school!

ab4248 · 28-08-2017 04:05PM

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

Who? Where are they playing?

The Salty Dog no stars are covering the stones exile on main street this year.

eplady2017 wrote: »

They are called Harvest.. Been in touch via Facebook and they said "6pm on Friday night @ The Trailer Park stage".. Trailer Park time not out yet..

I know they are a Neil Young Tribute band but they doing Exile on Main Street or Neil Young this EP?

Thundercats Ho · 28-08-2017 04:10PM

ab4248 wrote: »

I know they are a Neil Young Tribute band but they doing Exile on Main Street or Neil Young this EP?

They're 2 separate things.

Harvest are on the Trailer park stage doing Neil Young covers.

The salty dog no stars are a music collaboration and play a classic album each year on the salty dog stage.
This year they're covering exile on main street by the rolling stones.

wyatting · 28-08-2017 04:44PM

Generally my highlight is some legendary figure trying to flog their book at the picnic.....eg viv Albertine.....Julian cope.....John healy. ....Tim burgess. .....why has nobody like that been announced yet..?

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