Beautiful morning and my fastest commute in a long time, with cooler temps and lower humidity for a change. A strong cold front moved through our area yesterday, bringing tremendous thunderstorms and torrential rain. I drove because forecasters were predicting the storms would hit in mid-afternoon to commute time, but they didn't actually hit until nearly 7 pm. So I could have ridden after all, but it wasn't worth the risk. Humidity levels have been crazy high lately with temps in the 90s, so I knew we would get some monster storms when the front finally arrived.

We have had very "active" weather all summer, and it has been throwing a wrench in my commuting routine. Lots of very strong thunderstorms popping up on many afternoons, and they have been very unpredictable in location, timing and severity. All of the rain has my yard looking great though.