I just washed my car

...and then I was thinking of taking a wee trip into town to have a decadent lunch in a nice cafe

( maybe not )

Canberra's in the north-western quadrant, right where the band of thunderstorms is. Oh well, at least my car got another rinse before I parked it in its shelter.

And while I'm on the topic of weather

... the word of the day is petrichor, which is the smell that you get with the first rain after a dry spell.

The word was coined by two Australian researchers to describe the smell of rain in the desert.  It's been theorised that it's a result of the essential oils from plants permeating dirt and rock surfaces over time, and then suddenly getting enough moisture to disseminate the smell into the air. I suppose road surfaces and footpaths could act in the same way as dirt and rock, in more urban environments.