Crazy ride home this afternoon. I left work 30 minutes early because radar showed showers popping up all over the place, and I thought I might get lucky and beat them home. No such luck. It starting raining while I was unlocking my bike from the rack. I held up for a few minutes until it looked like rain had passed and then headed home. The showers were tracking to the NE, which unfortunately is the direction I go for the first 4 miles, so I caught up with them. It started raining harder, so I ducked for cover at a school, and checked the radar again on my iPhone.

Radar showed more showers training toward me, so I figured I better get going again. At that point my route turns north and then west, so I rode my way out of the storm. Heading west the sky was mostly clear, so figured I had dodged the bullet. However, when my route turned north again, I quickly saw that the thunderstorm was building and I would be heading back into it. About 1 mile from my house the bottom dropped out, and it started pouring in sheets with strong gusts blowing the rain sideways. Needless to so, I got totally drenched. Fortunately there was no lightning or hail, but that was the worst rain I've ridden through in a very long time.