Go outside after a heavy rainstorm, or a windy day, and see what nature has liberated.
A very heavy rainstorm during the night seriously affected the movements of troops on the following day, but all to Napoleon's advantage, for his more mobile artillery, reinforced by every horse available in and about Dresden, was still able to move where the Allied guns sank in mud.
At about half past seven the sky darkened and a clap of thunder heralded a sudden rainstorm.
As the moon child knows, it takes a rainstorm to swell a river, or severe cold to freeze a lake to force water to change or move.
You can find a number of online plus size resources featuring spring fleece outerwear designed to keep you dry in a rainstorm as well as block the bite of a blustery spring day.