As Glastonbury Festival draws ever closer, those lucky fans with tickets will be wondering whether to pack their wellies before setting off for Worthy Farm.
While it’s still too early to get an accurate forecast of Glastonbury week itself, which will begin on 26 June and conclude on Sunday 30 June, we can take a look at what the weather’s looking like at the moment.
That hasn’t stopped some revellers from casting their own gloomy predictions, given the last two years have seen festival-goers blessed with remarkably sunny weekends in Somerset.
Previous years haven’t been so lucky, with 2016’s edition experiencing flash floods in the area the week before the festival, creating a distinctly muddy landscape that fans had to navigate around.
Met Office spokesperson Stephen Dixon toldThe Independent that it’s a “mixed picture” in the UK this week, “with a cool pool of air introducing showers in the northern half of the UK over the next few days, while those further south will generally remain drier”.
“This cool pool of air had been drawn in by an northwesterly airflow, dropping temperatures from the figures many saw over the weekend,” he said.
“While those in the north will see more frequent showers in the coming days, there will also be some drier interludes at times, though it will still feel relatively cool for the time of year. Further south will see less in the way of showers, albeit temperatures will be somewhat subdued here as well.”
He added: “Later in the weekend and into early next week, there are signals for high pressure to begin to exert its influence on the UK weather, which would likely reduce the frequency of showers in the north and return temperatures to around average for the time of year.”
Explaining why it’s not possible to offer a forecast for 26 June, he said: “In terms of an outlook for the end of the month and Glastonbury, it’s simply too early to give an indication on the likely conditions at a specific location at this range, as even small changes in the Atlantic can have big impacts on the dominant weather regime in the UK.”
The Independent will be providing regular updates on weather forecasts and all other things Glastonbury ahead of the festival. You can see all of the recently announced set times for each stage here.
