So can I just tell you

how much I wish this non-storm would just DO IT?

Rain like the dickens, cut this awful humidity, stomp down some of the dust, cool it off a little bit, make my stream run again (where DO all the craw dads go?)

So far in the last three days I've gotten this huge welling up of relief every time I see a rain drop. Then without fail it STOPS after three drops.

I'm mad at the rain gods. I am willing to sacrifice the skunk that has taken up residence in my tree, that's how mad I am.


(I'm kidding about the skunk, I wouldn't ever sacrifice anything)

I know exactly how you feel. The other night, we had thunder all around, dark skies, the whole shebang. And not one drop of rain. We did get a good soaking the next night, though.

Luna, the weather forecast for the entire region is for lots of rain by Friday as Ernesto works his way north.

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BALTIMORE MD/WASHINGTON DC
917 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

DCZ001-MDZ002>007-009>011-013-014-016>018-VAZ021-025>031-036>042-
050>057-WVZ048>055-311000-
/O.CON.KLWX.FF.A.0004.060831T1800Z-060902T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA-ALLEGANY-WASHINGTON-FREDERICK MD-CARROLL-
NORTHERN BALTIMORE-HARFORD-MONTGOMERY-HOWARD-SOUTHERN BALTIMORE-
PRINCE GEORGES-ANNE ARUNDEL-CHARLES-ST. MARYS-CALVERT-HIGHLAND-
AUGUSTA-ROCKINGHAM-SHENANDOAH-FREDERICK VA-PAGE-WARREN-CLARKE-
NELSON-ALBEMARLE-GREENE-MADISON-RAPPAHANNOCK-FAUQUIER-LOUDOUN-
ORANGE-CULPEPER-PRINCE WILLIAM/MANASSAS/MANASSAS PARK-FAIRFAX-
ARLINGTON/FALLS CHURCH/ALEXANDRIA-STAFFORD-SPOTSYLVANIA-
KING GEORGE-GRANT-MINERAL-HAMPSHIRE-MORGAN-BERKELEY-JEFFERSON-
PENDLETON-HARDY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WASHINGTON...CUMBERLAND...HAGERSTOWN...
FREDERICK...WESTMINSTER...GAITHERSBURG...COLUMBIA...BALTIMORE...
ANNAPOLIS...WALDORF...ST MARYS CITY...STAUNTON...WAYNESBORO...
HARRISONBURG...WINCHESTER...FRONT ROYAL...CHARLOTTESVILLE...
LEESBURG...CULPEPER...MANASSAS...MANASSAS PARK...FAIRFAX...
ALEXANDRIA...FALLS CHURCH...FREDERICKSBURG...BAYARD...
PETERSBURG...KEYSER...MARTINSBURG...CHARLES TOWN
917 PM EDT WED AUG 30 2006

..FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* MARYLAND WEST OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY EXCEPT GARRETT
COUNTY...CENTRAL AND NORTHERN VIRGINIA...THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA...AND THE EASTERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

* FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT

* WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE.

* FLASH FLOODING MAY DEVELOP LATE THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO
FRIDAY NIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM ERNESTO IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ON THE SOUTH
CAROLINA COAST THURSDAY. THE REMNANTS OF THE STORM ARE EXPECTED
TO MOVE NORTH AND REACH THE MID ATLANTIC FRIDAY. EXTENSIVE
TROPICAL MOISTURE AND HEAVY RAINS WILL SPREAD NORTH AHEAD OF THE
STORM. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL REACH CENTRAL VIRGINIA FRIDAY
MORNING...AND INTO NORTHERN MARYLAND BY MIDDAY FRIDAY.

AT THIS TIME TOTAL RAINFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE
WATCH AREA. THE HIGHEST TOTALS WILL LIKELY BE ALONG EAST FACING
RIDGES OF THE HIGHER TERRAIN. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS
AND URBAN AREAS. IN ADDITION...LONGER DURATION RIVER FLOODING
COULD DEVELOP OVER THE WEEKEND ON MAIN STEM RIVERS SUCH AS THE
SHENANDOAH...POTOMAC AND RAPPAHANNOCK.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET AND LOCAL MEDIA...FOR THE LATEST UPDATES ON THIS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER EVENT.