In our region the weatherman has a large area wherein to forecast precipitation & whatnot. I typically give favor suggesting that, because it is such a wide & vast metropolitan area, insofar as that it takes a few hours to drive from the upmost north to the furthest south & the same goes for the east to the west. A lot of variables can be different & ever-changing & whatever we're to learn about our area is covering a great deal. Today might be a bit different. I don't know, maybe it's because I'm caught up in it & affected by it. When I checked the forecast yesterday, it was to be very warm, unseasonably in fact, yet simply cloud. No rain, not even "passing showers" or 5% chance of ☔. (In the weather app it's a raindrop, here it's an umbrella with raindrops above it, not a mushroom with flies roaming above it as it may immediately appear 😂.)
I dressed according to what I knew. It's a good thing I also keep a rain jacket tossed in the back of my vehicle. For these such times. It's a jacket I purchased many moons ago. In fact, it's one which I've considered passing along to another a time or two, yet that's simply not happened. I keep on keeping it around. For these such times. The jacket's rather similar to the Amazon image link in the top left. It's simple, bright, & takes care of the basic needs: Keeping all the important parts dry. And it's not something which I'd feel I'd taken poor care of by not "hanging up in the front closet at night". I'm not talking about a poncho here; those are often best for spectator sports & the like. I'm talking about unforeseen events & running around from A to B. Without getting drenched, that is. Though a perk of my very-bright-jacket is that it is also very light weight. This is a huge perk for when the jacket's use becomes important on the most humid days of summer. When the oncoming precipitation is breaking the humidity, yet it doesn't break it within minutes. And those are the minutes of running from A to B.
There's also this rain jacket, which is also basically the same as the one I've been using for years. Except that it's not nearly as bright & the one who wears it cannot be seen from a block away. This isn't necessary & is a general bargain, or handicap (depending on how one views it) that comes with the rain jacket to which I've become accustomed. This rain jacket is advertised on Amazon as a "Lightweight Waterproof Coat Hooded Outdoor Sport Rain Jacket". That's a lot of good qualities considering it's also available in Dark Blue (hooray for Blue! 😁), Black, & Dark Green. Very fashionable. Very versatile. Very nice. This one could also easily be tossed in the back of the vehicle for "those moments", yet maybe because it would be new, maybe because it comes with so many amenities...I think I'd be trying to keep this one a little nicer &, even if it doesn't make it to a hanger in the front closet at night, I'd hold it in a bit higher regard than I do the one I currently keep stashed in the back.
And as I continue to check back to the internet for the local area, it's telling me to "Stay dry today. Rain is in the forecast." I'll have to go back to being on possibly constant high alert.
Nevertheless, April Showers will be bringing us our May flowers!
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