2010 Weather Watch

[captncrzy]

According to Accuweather (they do 15-day forecasts):

Sat
4/10/2010 74° 53° 0.09 0 Colder with a t-storm or two
Sun
4/11/2010 75° 47° 0 0 Cloudy
Mon
4/12/2010 76° 51° 0 0 Mostly sunny
Tue
4/13/2010 80° 51°

[sleepybrew]

wow. imagine a cold coachella.

[captncrzy]

I'll be so excited if it stays below 90.

I assume I just jinxed everything.

[higgybaby23]

Last year on Thursday night it was pretty chilly. More than one winter coat was spotted that night. By Sunday morning it was pretty fucking hot. More than one bikini was spotted that day. Springtime weather in the desert is a roll of the dice. Pack a coat and some shorts with a stocking cap and flip flops.

[braundiggity]

Glad someone started this thread. Weather.com only predicts 10 days (so through the 8th), but they have:

4/06 82°/58°
4/07 85°/59°
4/08 85°/59°

Sunny all three days, ten days before the fest. A T-storm during Coachella would be nuts.

[hawkingvsreeve]

The weather has consistently spiked for that weekend for the past 5 years or so.

[mickflyy]

Wow finally a useful thread, thanks.

[menikmati]

imagine how awesome it would be if it hailed?

[mickflyy]

^Really?

[TomAz]

I told you people a month ago, it will rain this year for the first time at Coachella.

[scoop49er]

the weather is hard to predict at this point but it is cool to know we are close to hitting the 15 day mark for coachella! my coachella vacation starts 2 weeks from tomorrow!

[beavington]

two weeks from today is the last day for me, then it is a week long furlough for Coachella, or perhaps Coldchella.

[unknown]

Those temps remind me of last year's Friday. GORGEOUS!

[Sonybonez]

the weather is hard to predict at this point but it is cool to know we are close to hitting the 15 day mark for coachella! my coachella vacation starts 2 weeks from tomorrow!

ditto. can't wait!

[captncrzy]

The weather has consistently spiked for that weekend for the past 5 years or so.

This is so true.

89
87
81
80
89 Fri
93 Sat
99 Sun
103
107
102
100
89
87 Sat Hicks
86 Sun Hicks

Fucking hillbillies.

[obzen]

Lightning.

[Boourns]

Those temps remind me of last year's Friday. GORGEOUS!

You know what was gorgeous? When the clouds blocked the sun on Sunday afternoon in 2008 for a while. Heaven.

[TomAz]

Lightning.

obzen knows what i'm talkin about

[Sexecutioner]

bring on the heat! makes it oh so perfect come night time.

[piedpiper]

Nooooo - its so gotta be hot.

I've been living in Ireland for the last 6 yrs & it is currently snowing - YUK.

I'm going to get rickets if I don't see the sun soon!

[sin213]

here's to hopin for a coachella weekend that stays in the 80's the whole weekend!

that would be amazing!!

[flowbee]

I'm part of the "hotter the better" crowd. Mid 90's highs/60 degree lows would be great. We know it will be hot and sunny we just won't know the temperatures for a while.

Until then here's some almanac info:



16th

Sunrise: 6:20am
Sunset: 7:24pm
Moonrise: 7:21am
Moonset: 10:07pm

17th

Sunrise: 6:19am
Sunset: 7:25pm
Moonrise: 8:08am
Moonset: 11:09pm

18th

Sunrise: 6:18am
Sunset: 7:26pm
Moonrise: 9:02am
Moonset: none

Hourly temperature changes on April 17th, 2009 (http://www.wunderground.com/)

Time_____Temp___Humidity
7:52 AM___62.1 °F__39%
8:52 AM___70.0 °F__27%
9:52 AM___75.0 °F__18%
10:52 AM__79.0 °F__15%
11:52 AM__81.0 °F__13%
12:52 PM__82.9 °F__12%
1:52 PM___84.0 °F__11%
2:52 PM___86.0 °F__10%
3:52 PM___87.1 °F__9%
4:52 PM___87.1 °F__9%
5:52 PM___81.0 °F__18%
6:52 PM___75.9 °F__24%
7:52 PM___66.9 °F__42%
8:52 PM___66.0 °F__42%
9:52 PM___62.1 °F__44%
10:52 PM__55.9 °F__53%
11:52 PM__55.0 °F__55%

[PlayaDelWes]

That pretty much means no moonlight, which means awesome lights in the sky.

[seyrnon]

I feel like people were talking about how cold it was gonna be last year too, seemed pretty damned hot to me. I hope it's hot as hell this year too, it's half the fun

[FoxeyLady]

Every year, the forecast looks to be colder than usual, then a couple days before it goes right back to the upper 90's plus.

[easto_pickle]

Thunderstorms at Festivals are good and bad. I went to a festival here in Aus and it sat around 40 degrees Celsius (104F i think that is) the whole time and then on the last night there was a major storm right on top of us just as Midnight Juggernauts played. It was still super hot, Midnight Juggernauts playing, with rain coming down and lightning everywhere you looked. One of the most amazing experiences of my life. They had to cut the set halfway through though as the lightning got really wild which was the bad part.

/end reminiscence

[captncrzy]

Thunderstorms in the desert are scary.

[insbordnat]

T-Storms are no joke.

T-Storms hitting the Tesla Coil while activated = win.

But seriously, living in Phoenix we see some wicked shit during the monsoon. While the odds of being struck are not great, they aren't remote either, especially in a large field. There's a reason golfers get struck probably more than anybody.

Edit: And no, god doesn't hate golfers.

[nbvcide]

yeah, rain at coachella would be the most epic thing to ever happen..


and it is weird that the last three Stagecoach's had cooler weather than Coachella, every year, despite the fact that it's a week later..

i think 90-95 would be perfect, and it would keep it from being too cold at night..

[fiopadp7791]

I'm part of the "hotter the better" crowd. Mid 90's highs/60 degree lows would be great. We know it will be hot and sunny we just won't know the temperatures for a while.

I agree... coming from MN... where it's actually been unseasonably warm the past 2-3 weeks... even in the high 60s some days. Could reach 70 today... it's been cold as fuck the past 4-5 months, and our summers are always too short anyway. So I'll always take really hot over really cold.

You know what was gorgeous? When the clouds blocked the sun on Sunday afternoon in 2008 for a while. Heaven.

This was Sunday afternoon during Stars set at the main stage. Only thing that kept me bailing on that set. Damn it was hot before it got overcast midway through.