We need to dry out. Rain chances are greatly diminished, temps climb, and rather high humidity is the current trend. It might be a bit tropical for a few days. So be it. June will soon be gone.
Truly, we have had some rain. I heard yet another downpour and thunderstorm in the wee hours of the night, in the night I say, and I arose to find a sopping wet world and indications that at least another inch of rain had fallen, if not more. My rain gauge was smashed to bits by hail several years ago, so I go by the high water mark on the driveway, left by debris carried by water rushing down the street, as it receded. The street must have been flooded from curb to curb. And the clouds are heavy, the air is quite chilly, and the threat of more rain, yet more rain, hangs heavy above our saturated heads. Yesterday I found playa lakes near me approaching flood stage. I would not be surprised to find them overflowing into streets. Quite impressive. Many rains.
Last afternoon, late, I heard a sort of rapping, a sort of tapping, at my chamber door. It was HAIL, quarter sized, driven by a very strong wind, and then rain poured down in torrents. Just like that, everything changed. Lubbock and surrounding areas got soused. It will be cloudy and cool all day and rain is likely all day, off and on, and into the night and through the night. I could do without the hail. It really battered some of the stuff I've got growing outside, but it probably needed to be thinned anyway. So nature did the work for me. There is more than enough still standing, and what is still standing will grow rapidly after such rains. It is a great relief from the heat! Meanwhile everything is soaked. We are under a flood advisory at this very moment.
But dry air and breezes and overcast kept us out of the triple digits, and now chances for rain and storms return, with moderating temperatures and cooler mornings. Some relief, at least. And very welcome. Not bad at all on the patio yesterday evening. It should be not as hot today, and very nice tomorrow. Next week looks to be full of rain chances and more moderate temps.
Despite yesterday's heat it felt good outside around sundown, and after. It'll be hotter today but relief tomorrow and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday will be about normal with decent chances for afternoon and evening showers. I have strategies for coping and minimizing my electric bill. Dense vegetation helps quite a lot.
