Plan for the worst; and hope for the best. That’s all we can do when it comes to cycling and weather; and it looks like our weather will be terrible tomorrow; especially from early afternoon onwards.
By late morning today, the wind was already 20 mph. Tomorrow morning T-storms are possible from 7:00 am; and I hope I can ride before I go to work. The forecast says, some of the T-storms might be severe; and naturally I don’t want to get caught out in such a storm.
At the same time, I’m tired of being on tenterhooks about bad weather. A forecast will sound like doomsday, and it’s most irritating to skip riding because of such predictions; and then nothing happens. It makes me feel cheated; because I could have gone for a ride, after all! And why does the weather have to turn nasty during Ride Anywhere Week?
I can’t do anything but wait and see how things are in the morning. If it’s storming, I can put the hybrid in the trainer; and get a little “exercise” that way. If there’s no imminent threat of rain and lightning, I think I’ll ride in the park.
Sometimes I wish I had a book to help me figure out what the weather is going to do.
There may well be signs that I could “read”; but I’ve never had the time to learn them. And so, after a lifetime in this place, I still can’t tell what the weather is going to do!
That’s why we have to plan for the worst; and then hope the worst doesn’t happen.