Today was likely my last commute of 2015, as we are supposed to get heavy rain all day tomorrow and I'm off work Thursday and Friday. When I woke up this morning, a line of heavy rain was approaching our metro area and I initially figured that I would drive. However, the rain moved through pretty quickly and I remembered that I have a lot of comp time that will turn to sick leave on Dec. 31, so I left for work an hour later than usual. Glad that I waited because it was a very pleasant ride. Roads were still soaking wet and the air extremely humid, but the rain had quit and the skies were clearing by the time I reached work. The temperature felt like it jumped at least 10 degrees during my commute and I had to peel off my vest about halfway to work.

Got an nice affirmation of my visibility while waiting at a traffic light. An older woman in an SUV in the lane beside me rolled down her window and yelled out: "Hey, that's a nice set of lights you have on your bike." It was already daylight at the time, so she would have really been impressed if it had been dark.