Should We Talk About the Weather?

2 mph
Wind speed in Monument Beach, Mass. yesterday at 4 p.m.

40 mph
Speed of wind gusts during several storms today at Monument Beach.

65 mph
Rate at which thunderstorms traveled toward Cape Cod from the Southwest.

40 feet
Height above sea level at the Little Bay Park overlook just before the railroad tracks.

Yesterday on a walk through Little Bay Park, the inlet water was as smooth as glass -- a rarity for the ocean, even when there's a barrier in every direction. Little Bay Park is 20 acres, and the woods go right to the shore. There are two peninsulas with good views of the bay. In the stillness yesterday afternoon, you could hear gulls take off from the water several hundred yards away.
Driving along the isthmus from Mashnee Island today, I could see the Railroad Bridge one moment, then halfway down the isthmus, I the rain was so torrential I couldn't see much more than 10 feet ahead. While lightning struck and thunderclaps boomed about a second later, wind whipped water into the road, and I couldn't tell if it was ocean water or rain water.




The inlet water at Little Bay was as smooth as glass yesterday.










At this overlook in Little Bay Park, the woods come right up to the shoreline.