Wet Spring

It’s 1st June and the rain is pouring outside. As it is warm here the doors are open and the cooling breeze from the falling rain freshens the house. I make coffee while listening to the sound of the rain. The rain dashing through the vegetation. The water rushing out of the down pipes into the drains.

This has been one wet spring. Cool even. Not that I am complaining. We get plenty of sun here and well into autumn last year the skies were clear, and the sun felt way hotter than is seasonal. I for one was getting fed up with the heat and the island was looking yellow due to the lack of water. Now Maui is looking quite green, and I give a ”Hallelujah!” to that.

With June upon us we have now entered hurricane season, and a busy one at that. Up to 13 weather systems have been predicted, though where and how they came up with that number I do not know? A friend who is very keen on following and understanding the weather, and this island is a great place for that with so many micro climates, questions the numbers. But it does look as though now through to November could be unstable, possibly a wet summer…which wouldn’t be a bad thing. There will (nearly) always be somewhere on the island bathed in sun if you are looking for that.

Still for now, I enjoy the changing weather. One thing that is always certain here - if it rains, sooner or later the sun will come out and dry things out.