There's a good shot to see it cross from west to east, impacting many locations with some quick rain, gusty winds and dangerous lightning.
A quick, heavy a rain falls so fast that it doesn't have time to penetrate the soil, and much is lost as runoff.
The two traded breaks early in the fourth set before a quick burst of rain interrupted the match for a few minutes.
There was a strong correlation between the near surface soil moisture and the precipitation, an indication of a quick response to rain events by the topsoil.
Here's a quick reminder of how rain works: Water from the ocean evaporates (which means it turns from liquid into gas) as the sun warms it up.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta of Placerville, California, descended from the USS Oak Hill amphibious landing ship and shared a quick kiss in the rain with her partner, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell of Los Angeles.
But there is all the difference in the world between old and new snow, the latter being transient in the extreme so that several feet of it can disappear overnight in a quick thaw or heavy rain or melt rapidly away in the sunshine.
Perhaps wary of going the route of Lady Gaga's crazed David Bowie tribute at the Grammys, Madonna instead performed Nothing Compares 2U (written by Prince but made famous by Sinead O'Connor), then brought Stevie Wonder on stage for a quick blast of Purple Rain.
A quick surge of heavy rain helped push rivers over their banks, flooding and destroying some nearby homes and businesses.
The story was greeted with cynicism by most locals on South Wales Police's Facebook page; some accused officers of doing nothing more than ruining a children's den, while dog walkers mourned the fact they'd no longer have somewhere to smoke a quick fag in the rain.
It was a quick turnaround, back into the rain.
