This reminds me of a week I spent in Negril, Jamaica. Every afternoon at two o’clock sharp, a big thunderhead just like this would roll up and drench the island for 15 minutes. You could practically set your watch by them. This was in early October, at the end of hurricane season. It would present a lovely break in the tedious routine of reading trashy novels on a seaside chaise lounge with frozen, artificially-strawberry-flavored rum drinks readily at hand. This was the time to retreat to the enormous Jacuzzi to wait out the downpour. There’s nothing finer than sitting in a Jacuzzi with fellow travelers while cold, wild rain lashes your face and shoulders.
Eeeee, this is so beautiful!
I love storms!
We are getting a nice (cold) soaking rain at the moment! Just what all my plants and grass and trees needed!
Me too! We had a storm just a few days ago.
That is a beautiful photograph! But my younger daughter, who went to school in Washington State, called those “sucker clouds,” because they could rain just on you alone while everything else was bone dry. It could be a sunny day with clear blue skies: then all of sudden the sky just above you got dark and you’d see this one cloud over your head. Surprise! And we never had an umbrella with us when that happened, of course. My daughter however got savvy and carried this tiny folding umbrella in her bag wherever she went. She still does, though we’re less likely to see sucker clouds in CA than in the Northwest.
I used to have one of those tiny folding umbrellas. Great for tucking into a briefcase, but so flimsy in any wind. Up here in the mountains, we don’t even bother with the things. Just get good rain gear.
Beautiful photography again. Common to many tropical areas…..I just love thunderstorms except when they get too close……it’s magic watching them germinate from nothing and rapidly build to 50,000 feet and beyond before unleashing all their energy.
We’re coming up on the season for summer thundershowers. They’re rare and delightful treats. Watching them boil and bubble up is a favorite pastime.
I love the description you’ve given of the rain interruption to your busy day
I take tropical vacations VERY seriously.