r/raining

Ab 5 years ago I went to Cancun, Mexico, and we took a bus drive up to Chichin Itza. After you get to the visitors center, you walk down this trail in the woods to the ancient city. The whole length of the trail is lined with vendors selling souvenirs on each side. However, as we walked down, every vendor there starting getting tarps and draping them over their stands as if it was going to rain. I thought it was weird, considering there was tons of blue sky and it didn’t LOOK like it was going to rain at all. But lo and behold, ab 15-20 minutes later, it suddenly started pouring down hard. And then after 30 minutes, it was gone.

Maybe it’s just cause I’m from CA, and we don’t know much about rain. But what exactly is their body sensing? Is it the humidity? Maybe the wind patterns too, or the clouds, or all of it together? Do they just have an intuitive gut feeling after living there their whole lives?