Yesterday's forecast for today was mostly cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers. I woke up this morning and it was sunny.
Let me pause and tell you one of the weirdest conflicts in my life is rooting for bad weather, just because I called for it! If I say blizzard and it's flurries, even though I hate snow, I'm very upset.
So, obviously, I was on edge when I saw the Sun.
But, give Mother Nature credit for being somewhat predictable. By mid-afternoon, as the Emmy judges were leaving the house, the radar was showing building lines of thundershowers north and west of Connecticut (there were thunderstorms south too, but they were heading away).
These were big storms, full of those giant economy sized drops that you only get in the summer, and only in thunderstorms. It didn't take long for streets to develop curb side streams, and puddling to take over low lying areas.
NEXRAD rainfall estimates show around 1" of rain where I live, with higher amounts toward Waterbury and Meriden, and a significantly higher accumulation along the Connecticut River south of Middletown.
I picked up Steffie at work as a thunderstorm was just tapering off. They had closed the front door to the store because water was blowing in.
