Glastonbury 2014: heavy rain forecast as festival-goers make their way to Worthy Farm

 
Nearly there: Festival goers arriving for the Glastonbury (Picture: Yui Mok/PA)
Gareth Vipers25 June 2014

Festival-goers descending on Glastonbury today and tomorrow should enjoy dry weather but heavy showers are expected by the weekend, forecasters have warned.

The recent fine spell is set to break and the predicted rain could turn the festival into a mud bath as thousands of revellers tread the site.

John Griffiths, a forecaster with Meteogroup, said: "If it was just a few showers the hard ground would make it drain off. But after three days worth of rain it will probably get quite muddy, I suspect."

Those travelling to the festival are advised to bring wellies and waterproofs and be prepared for the rain.

Mr Griffiths said today and tomorrow will be cloudy with sunny intervals and temperatures of around 20C (68F), while at night it will drop to around 10C or 11C (50F or 51.8F).

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"Friday is when it starts to look a bit worse," he said. "There will be showery rain and there might be a little bit of thunder in the evening.

"Saturday looks like it's going to be cloudy with a few showers but these are going to get more frequent in the evening.

"Sunday there will be showers throughout the day but there may be the odd sunny spell."

He said temperatures should remain the same although Friday will be cooler at a low of around 18C (64.4F).

The first of more than 175,000 festival-goers began to descend on the Worthy Farm site as Glastonbury opened its gates.

Metallica, Kasabian and Arcade Fire will headline the musical extravaganza with other major acts on the bill including Elbow, Massive Attack and Pixies.

The family-friendly festival will see hundreds of acts perform on various stages in Pilton, Somerset, throughout the week, including Blondie, Lily Allen and Dolly.

Organisers will be hoping not to have a repeat of some of the wettest Glastonburys when tents have become submerged and the site has turned into a quagmire.

In 2005 the start of the festival was delayed by heavy rain and thunderstorms and flash flooding left some of the site 4ft under water.

The muddiest year was in 1997 when 78mm of rain fell eight out of nine days in the run-up to the event.

Additional reporting by the Press Association

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