Flooding chaos at Isle Of Wight festival

The forecast for today (June 22) and Sunday (June 24) is especially rainy

This weekend’s Isle Of Wight Festival has been thrown into chaos following severe flooding.

The festival’s site has already been hit by heavy rain, with the main car park for this weekend’s event becoming waterlogged, leading to traffic congestion. Around 600 people were stranded on ferries overnight because traffic build-up meant passengers could not disembark.

According to the latest Met Office forecast, today (June 22) will be pretty wet, with showers predicted to fall from around 10am (GMT) through to mid-afternoon. It should be dry after that though, meaning tonight’s headliner Tom Petty should enjoy a rain-free set.

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Tomorrow (June 23) is expected to be dry throughout the day, with temperatures even reaching as high as 16 degrees. However, rain is predicted to hit the site after 7pm, meaning headliners Pearl Jam may well play to a damp crowd.

Sunday (June 24) is the set to be the worst day for conditions, with rain expected to fall throughout the night and day, right up until the early evening, although it is predicted to stop for closing headliner Bruce Springsteen’s set.

Elbow, Example, Lana Del Rey, Noah And The Whale, Biffy Clyro, Madness, Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Pulled Apart By Horses and The Vaccines will also play the event.

You can watch NME‘s video guide to the seven must-see bands at Isle Of Wight festival by scrolling down to the bottom of the page and clicking.

NME.COM is coming live from Isle Of Wight Festival this weekend. Stay tuned to NME.COM/festivals/isle-of-wight for news, blogs, photo galleries and video interviews from both sites.

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