Thursday, September 27, 2007

Rain! (Well, a little bit anyway.)

When the alarm went off this morning, I could hear the sound of rain hitting the leaves of the trees and the eaves of the house. Checking the radar maps indicated there could be more during the morning so I opted out of the planned bicycle ride with the bird watching group. No word if they carried on without me yet.

Checking the rain gauge I found that may have been the only shower we got over night. There was considerably less than 0.1 inch in there. This despite the thunderstorms that moved through the area just to the west and north of us. (Elmira, Ithaca and the southern edge of the Finger Lakes got hit pretty hard...again.) This has been the pattern all summer. Storms have struck all around the Aerie but nary a drop has fallen here. The weather gurus are still forecasting scattered showers today and greater likelihood of sustained rains tonight. They say we could get about 0.5 inches. I'll believe it when it happens.

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