he Current situation is just Before it rains&quot;.

The whole mental performance, however automatic and semi-conscious
it may be, that leads up from a problematic Fact and a knowledge base
of Rules to the plausible suggestion of a Case description, is what we
are calling abductive inference.

The next phase of inquiry uses deductive inference to expand
the implied consequences of the abductive hypothesis, with the
aim of testing its truth.  For this purpose, the inquirer needs
to think of other things that