Rain, Rain Go Away

We've been watching the weather maps and rain gauges all week in anticipation of Heir 2's high school graduation tomorrow night. And it's beginning to look like his ceremony and party will both be indoors.*
And that's a shame - especially since SisIg and I have spent the bulk of the past two weeks sprucing up both the yard and the house for the multitudes.

I was hoping I would be able to mow one more time before the festivities began but the grass will just have to keep growing.

Since the last mowing - last Friday - we've had the following amounts of rain:

Saturday - trace
Sunday - 0.5 inches
Monday - none
Tuesday - 0.4 inches
Wedesday - 1.3 inches
Thursday - 1.5 inches

That's 3.7 inches and counting.

According to NOAA, we could have received between 1 and 3 inches Thursday night (we got 1.1 inches) and heavy rain is forecast all day Friday, which would put the already swollen Shenandoah River past flood stage.
Thursday Thursday
Afternoon: RAIN Night: HEAVY RAIN


Friday:
HEAVY RAIN

Which is why it's a good thing the school has a nice-sized gym to hold the ceremony - since the football field where the celebration normally is held could be under several feet of water (they built the darn thing within the FEMA 100-year flood zone.

*The school just called. The ceremony will be indoors, beginning at 7:30 pm. The doors open at 6:15 pm.