Stormy Weather?

On a whim, I checked the weather forecast for the coming week in beautiful Kapalua, Maui, Hawai'i. I'm not thrilled:

Thursday: Scattered showers. Partly cloudy, with a high near 83. East wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. East wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Friday: Scattered showers. Partly cloudy, with a high near 83. East wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Saturday: Scattered showers. Partly cloudy, with a high near 83. East wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. East wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Hm, here at home, "partly cloudy with a 20% chance of showers" has lately meant "drought." Here's hoping the Hawai'ian interpretation is the same, especially since the wedding is outdoors.

Other storm-clouds are gathering--the kind that are likely to pop up whenever sizable numbers of an extended/blended family are in the same zip code. I just hope that all of the involved parties can keep in mind that this vacation is after all, Tim and Clarisa's wedding, and that everyone should make nice, if only for a few days.

We'll see what happens.