Usually when I wake up in the morning the sun is coming up. It's the beginning of another brilliantly sunny day. This morning, however, was different. It was cloudy, and, when I looked out the window, the pavement on the street below was wet.
I turned on the laptop, and the radar on the Weather Channel showed that we are on the very southern fringe of the rain brought by Tropical Storm Alberto, the first of the season. The storm made landfall last night near the city of Tampico, and brought heavy rains, flooding and fatalities to northeastern Mexico and Texas.
Rain is possible throughout the day and all night, and early this evening there is a 71% chance of thunderstorms. The high temperature today will not even reach 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
Looking at Google Maps, you can see that we are under an enormous swathe of clouds that covers nearly all of Mexico and stretches all the way through Central America to South America.
Forecasters are saying that another tropical storm may develop over the Gulf this weekend.
From the long-term forecast, it would appear that at long last we have truly entered the rainy season. Each day there is a strong possibility for PM thunderstorms, and the high temperatures will only be in the seventies... normal weather for Mexico City this time of year.
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