Rain?

We were supposed to be getting rain overnight. This afternoon when I checked the radar I could see the green of precipitation approaching. Mid afternoon we were covered in green. Donna and I canceled our afternoon walk because rain and 40º is not pleasant. When I finally did go look outside around 3 o’clock, it wasn’t raining and the ground was dry. What? I knew there was a word for that phenomenon, but couldn’t come up with it. Google reveals — virga.

Because the temps we supposed to be in the upper thirties overnight there was large speculation we might get snow or sleet or ice. I bet the stores were packed with people buying bread, milk, bottled water and batteries.

While we sat in front of the TV watching Disc 1 of Season 1 we wondered where the rain was, because we can usually hear it come down on the the chimney cap and it had been strangely silent. When we were done with the first four episodes, Donna questioned, “Are we ever going to get any rain?” She opened the front door and discovered the reason we didn’t hear the precipitation. It was too light to be heard, there was an 1/8″ snow on the grass and it was still coming down.

It has already turned to rain and disappeared.