{"id":56889,"date":"2021-07-05T14:59:01","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T19:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=56889"},"modified":"2021-07-05T14:59:06","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T19:59:06","slug":"punched-the-weather-forecast-it-punched-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2021\/07\/05\/punched-the-weather-forecast-it-punched-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Punched The Weather Forecast, It Punched Back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Punched The Weather Forecast, It Punched Back\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z_s2d555xak?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After two days of no rain when the forecast said it was going to I must&#8217;ve scoffed at the rain forecast today. I paid the price after I started the bike ride at 9:59 AM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since yesterday&#8217;s bike ride I had been trying to think of a different route for today. I settled on biking my &#8220;New Caney &#8211; Roman forest &#8211; Valley Ranch&#8221; route. I rode my Lynskey R300 bike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Weather at the start looked okay but the NOAA weather app showed rain to the southwest. I figures it would go away since I rode to the north. As I biked through Elm Grove Village in Kingwood I felt light rain for a few minutes but kept on riding. A little later more light rain through Sherwood Trails. In the video you can see how that progressed while I rode into Woodridge Forest. When I reached Knox Drive going west to the I-69\/US59 frontage road the sky to the north was raining. On the frontage road the water puddles signaled the rain was just ahead of me. I made it to E. Wallis Road when the rain picked up. No nearby cover so I turned right onto E. Wallis Road. At Loop 494 I found Van&#8217;s Auto Repair with a small overhang and stopped there for about 10 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rain slowed and I moved to Loop 494 north. It was wet with standing water in places. I only made it to the next intersection, E. Martin Drive, when the rain increased. Turning left I thought there might be shelter but as I rode back to the frontage road the rain let up some. At the frontage road the road was wet but only a light rain fell. Boldly I went north but I could see rain falling ahead. I made it to Gorilla Steel when it started raining hard and stopped at their office. I waited there for almost an hour as waves of rain passed, let up for a few minutes and then hard again with a stiff wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I left Gorilla on wet streets with light rain and rode to the Valero station on the frontage road. I stopped there for a few minutes until the rain stopped. At that point I changed the route to &#8220;Kingwood &#8211; FM1314 &#8211; Kingwood&#8221; because the sky looked wet to the north and the frontage road in front of the new Amazon warehouse was most likely coated in mud from the construction traffic. I don&#8217;t like mud. Making the u-turn at FM 1314 I wondered when was the last time I rode this route. After finishing the ride at 12:59 PM I looked it up in SportTracks to learn it was 6\/18\/2018. According to my notes that ride had rain and fog. It was 18.29 miles while today I rode 21.66 miles. Last Monday I didn&#8217;t bike at all because of rain. I&#8217;ll take the 21.66 miles even if rained on. It helps get to a 200 mile week and don&#8217;t need to make up for 0 miles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll try to ride to Roman Forest on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/5580130950\/embed\/e1f0740f8286b1b76cc73ea46b6855f72a9d400f'><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two days of no rain when the forecast said it was going to I must&#8217;ve scoffed at the rain forecast today. I paid the price after I started the bike ride at 9:59 AM. 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