Rain

Yesterday morning the air felt different. Looking out to the east the sky was dark, really black and getting closer. Turning to the west it looked like a typical morning, bright with light overcast. The wind was blowing as normal from the west forming long low waves on the lagoon rolling onto our shore. The wind wasn't blowing away the black clouds, they were piling up and backing up towards us.

A line squall formed, with streamers of rain below it as it approached the house. The air still felt humid and hot. The wind started whipping around, howling around the corners of the house and shaking the trees and bushes and blowing around whatever it could get its hands on. I was watching with some trepidation from the upstairs balcony. There had been some thunder claps but not close ones.

A few big fat drops of rain hit the driveway. The temperature dropped by what felt like 10 degrees and the wind now came directly from the east really strong. On the lagoon, the normal waves were now overlaid in the opposite direction with ripples that became whitecaps as the wind gained strength.

The entire sky was now a flat grey color. And the rain came like a million billion showers all turned on at once. The street turned into a lake and then a streaming river. Lightning and thunder were close and frequent.

The downpour lasted only about half an hour although it drizzled the rest of the day. They tell me that the rains will be coming soon.