we are expecting way too much rain in the Wash DC area, after 2 months of almost none. It started several hours ago, gently, but is beginning to rattle harder...


"...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA...MUCH OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA...AND PORTIONS OF MARYLAND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY.

* FROM THIS MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON

* A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE MID ATLANTIC LATER TODAY. AT THE SAME TIME...TROPICAL MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TAMMY WILL BE ABSORBED INTO THE ADVANCING FRONT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE ON SATURDAY.

* TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE FLOOD WATCH AREA THROUGH LATE SATURDAY WILL BE BETWEEN 3 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF UP TO 8 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALONG AND WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS.

* THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS"