Thursday June 6th 2024

The temperature climbed into the upper nineties today. There was very little wind and plenty of humidity. The forecast for the day followed a typical Florida summer pattern. Afternoon and evening thunderstorms were forecast.

I planned my day in accordance with the forecast and got my errands completed before the time of the threatened storms. There was still no sign of storms as I returned to my RV home around 4:30PM. As I was eating supper around 6PM the rain began. The southwest sky was filled with black clouds with plenty of cloud to ground lightening. The storm lasted until about seven with some periods of very heavy rain and plenty of strong wind.

By quarter to eight the rain had been over for about forty five minutes and the western sky was clear. The sun was even trying to breakthrough in the area the storm came from. I decided to take my daily walk around the RV resort. As I walked down the hill away from my RV home I noticed the clouds to the east were still very dark. That was the area the previous storm had moved into, so I wasn’t concerned. I should have been.

As I was passing the laundry and pool building it started to sprinkle again. It didn’t take long before the sprinkle turned into real rain. I ducked into the laundry room just before the sky opened up again. About fifteen minutes later there was a break in the rain. I managed to get home during the pause, but a couple of minutes after closing the door to my RV home the rain returned. The western sky was still clear. The darn storm turned around or something. It was 9PM before everything was quiet again.