Wind

What a wild night, we had winds of around 100-120 Kms/hr.and then rain.
Reminding me of an old mariners rhyme.
"Wind before rain, it'll be fine again.
Rain before wind get the topsails in"

The saying goes: 'Come the wind before the rain, soon be setting sail again.' When a cold front is moving in, if the wind picks up before the rain, the storm is likely to be less severe and shorter. If the rain arrives before the wind, the opposite is true.