Okay, so in my last post, I said I could do without summers on the East Coast. That isn't entirely true. I missed one little detail.
August is the best month of summer. Not because its baseball's stretch run, or back-to-school time, but for that moment of indescribable happiness that comes along on selected afternoons in August: the very moment the sun comes back out after a massive and violent (and most times mercifully brief) thunderstorm that brings sheets of rain and an impressive light show.
As the storm clears out, the sun emerges with brilliance and and smell (oh man, the smell) of fresh, moist, crisp air fills the lungs. Sometimes you even get a rainbow as icing on the cake. The temperature and humidity have both come back to within the 'habitable' range.
Man, I love a good thunderstorm.
But I'm realizing that it just isn't going to happen. It's Western Washington - rain capital of the country. Who could blame me for hoping, after the long and damp winters?
Where's the high humidity? 100 degrees anyone? Oppressive heat? Come on, summer, give me your best shot. Yet mother nature seems to have cried uncle before even lighting up the sky just once.
I miss my east-coast thunderstorms. They're like clockwork, happening at the same time (hence, the 3 o'clock shower) every day. It's the worst time of day for a run to the coffee shop two blocks over. It's the best time of day to stare out the window for a while. And it's always fun to see those poor corporate-types caught in the rain without an umbrella.
Mother Nature? A request. Thunder and lightning. Bring it.
Pleeeeeeeease.
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Not much thunder and lightning here on the west side of the Cascades. We've had a few short bouts of it in the last month or two, but nothing significant and almost never can one see the lightning bolt itself around here.
Our weather is very moderate and not very accommodating to the formation of lightning. I was in northeastern WA last week on vacation and there was a very large thunderstorm that rolled through for a day or two, a little rain (hot, but little rain or humidity), but tons of thunder and lightning.
Last summer it was hot, with 80s for much of the summer and in the 90s on many more occasions than usual. This summer was definitely a more typical climate west of the mountains, however, with random rain scattered throughout the summer months.
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