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Reading Festival 2011 weather update: Thundery showers, hail

Published Wednesday, Aug 24 2011, 16:55 BST | By Lewis Corner | 1 comment

Reading Festival will apparently see a mixture of thunder and hail throughout the weekend.

Early bird campers arriving at the festival site on Thursday will be met by overcast clouds with some sunny intervals.

Temperatures will remain at 20°C throughout the day, dipping to 13°C at night, BBC weather predicts.

For the first official day of the festival, music lovers will experience thundery showers with temperatures of 17°C in the day. My Chemical Romance's headline set will see the climate drop to 11°C.

Saturday will be dark and overcast, with chances of hail showers and the temperature remaining at a lukewarm 19°C.

The final day of the festival will brighten up, with blue skies and sun predicted. A climate of 17°C is forecast, which will dip to a chilly 9°C in the evening for a performance of Muse's Origin of Symmetry.

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