Thunderstorm with Heavy Rain

You step outside into the cool afternoon air. The sky is dark and tumultuous; within the last hour a small afternoon thunderstorm progressed into a full-scale heavy thunderstorm. You are sheltered from the constant rain by an extending overhang. Streaks and sheets of lightening flash the sky and world around you for miles around. Loud, booming thunder in the distance follows the lightning for several seconds. The sounds produced by the thunderstorm are low and comforting.