The trouble with forecasts is, they\’re often too variable. I can check two different sites to see what the weather will be like; and one prediction often looks much more dire than the other.

Last night, the NOAA site said that today\’s rain and T-storms were most likely in the afternoon. A second weather site predicted scattered T-storms from 6:00 onwards. I didn\’t know what to believe!

It had me on tenterhooks, wondering whether I\’d get to ride today. I half-expected to wake to pouring rain and thunder. At 7:30 am the sun was dodging in and out, but it didn\’t look like it would rain soon; so I went out to ride.

To my surprise, it was foggy! It wasn\’t cold; but temperatures in the low 70s are cool enough for me to want leg warmers and a lightweight skull cap. They say it\’s better to be slightly under-dressed than to dress too warmly; but I don\’t care. I\’d rather be a bit too warm!

After a while the fog burned off; but the sun kept going behind the clouds. I decided it was probably better to shorten my ride; and I put in only 29 miles. That\’s far less than the 40 miles I had planned to do! The wind was pesky today; and there evidently were some spotty showers around. On the way home, I rode through several places where the bike path was wet. They weren\’t wet when I passed those areas on the way out!

I got home about 10:15; and two hours later I was still waiting for it to start storming. That\’s the trouble with forecasts: they often provoke me to borrow trouble!