My cat Chloe did something unusual last night

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Chloe is my elderly cat who often sleeps with me. Not once in all the years I've had her has she deliberately woke me up. Usually, I will wake up on my own during the night to go to the bathroom and she is there, chirps at me and goes back to sleep. Last night, though, I was awakened by the feeling of a cold nose being rubbed against my hand, over and over. I laid there a bit to see if I woke up because I had to go to the bathroom, but I didn't. I told Chloe to lay down (which she usually will do when I tell her), but she kept on walking back and forth in an anxious kind of way and periodically head-butting my arm or hand. I got a little frustrated at her antics because they were so out of character and because I knew the door was open, so she could leave if she wanted. That's when I felt something wet hit my face. I knew it was raining because that's what put me to sleep. I love rain. But, I had my back to the window and there's no way I should have felt rain drops on my face. That's when I realized the wind was blowing and pushing the rain on to me and my bed. Even my blanket was wet and I'd slept right through it. Once I closed the window, Chloe laid down and went to sleep. It didn't click until I got up later this morning that she had wakened me because the rain was coming in. She knew it wasn't a good thing and made sure I noticed it. I'm going to have to look at Chloe a whole lot differently from here on out.