Those with tickets will be praying for fine dry weather
June is now here, so those lucky enough to secure a ticket to this year’s edition of the iconic Glastonbury Festival will be eagerly counting down the days until Worthy Farm opens its gates.
Over 200,000 attendees are anticipated to flock to the 900-plus acre site, which over the years has become synonymous with soggy tents and damp weather, not to mention its legendary performances.
So will you be packing sunglasses and sandals or waterproofs and wellies?
The Met Office’s long-range weather predictions for June has started off warm with highs of around 20 degrees in the South West.
Long-range weather forecast
These long-range forecasts predict weather patterns up to a month in advance, providing a broader estimation rather than exact temperatures as seen in a standard five-day forecast, reports Somerset Live.
“[A long range forecast] provides an indication of how the weather might change, or be different from normal, (i.e. warmer, colder, wetter, drier) across the whole UK. Met Office meteorologists consider output from a range of weather models when writing these forecasts,” The Met Office clarified.
“These models include those from the Met Office as well as models from other global forecasting centres such as the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
“When looking at forecasts beyond five days into the future the chaotic nature of the atmosphere starts to come into play – small events currently over the Atlantic can have potentially significant impacts on our weather in the UK in several days’ time.
“Therefore, whilst we can still forecast the general feel of the weather to a relatively high level of accuracy using our ensemble models, it becomes harder to offer local detail to as high a level of accuracy as our shorter range forecasts.”
What’s the outlook for June’s weather?
With this in mind, the weather service has predicted “unsettled weather” across the UK from June 7 – 16, warning that “many, if not all, areas seeing showers or longer spells of rain, and occasionally strong winds.”
However, meteorologists are hopeful for “longer periods of drier weather” as we edge closer to mid-June and suggest there’s a “greater chance of warmer spells towards mid-June.”
Will there be dry weather at the Glastonbury Festival?
So naturally, those gearing up for Glastonbury Festival are wondering, ‘will it rain?’.
According to the Met Office’s long-range projections, which may alter as the event draws nearer, festivalgoers might just be in luck with predictions of “some hot spells at times especially across the south.”
The Met Office said: “Changeable weather is most likely across the UK with a mixture of Atlantic weather systems moving in from the west interspersed with dry and sunny periods, perhaps with a bias towards longer dry spells early in the period.
“Temperatures are most likely to be near or slightly above normal, perhaps with some hot spells at times especially across the south.”
