I check the weather every night and morning. I make sure to check the next few days as well in conjunction with checking it for the next cities I'll be in.
With that said, I knew thunderstorms were on the radar. When I had originally checked the weather for this stop, the thunderstorms were heading more North than East and would only be a problem for a bit. When I went to bed last night, the various websites said that the storms were going to be in the early morning with a lull until the evening. There would be plenty of time to get some cycling in and I went to bed, ready to ride through some rain. I woke up and checked the various weather sites. A severe thunderstorm warning had been issued in the Parish (read: County) I was in that would last until 9 a.m. I looked out the window and saw the fury with which mother nature wanted to unleash. The skies were black as the wind wailed against the parked semi-trucks in the parking lot. I went back to bed.
I woke up at nine and the original warning had been pushed to eleven, along with a flood warning that would last until the middle of the afternoon. There was also going to be a second string of storms coming in at around 5 p.m. that was going to sweep across where I had planned on riding. I looked back out the window and saw no signs of the storm calming down. I waited around for another hour and checked the weather to see if the day was salvageable. It wasn't.
So I'll take the day off.