Raindrops keep falling on our heads

So it rained a lot yesterday, and it looks like we're not going to get much of a break today. Or tomorrow. Or — well, actually, it's looking like the rail will continue for at least the next seven days. The bright spot in all this is that the rain may hold off for the big fireworks show Wednesday night: "We have seen, the last four or five days, rain in the morning and rain in the afternoons," KPRC meteorologist Anthony Yanez said. "We really haven't seen a whole lot of rain at night. That's been the pattern." Well, at least there's that — the skies may be clear for the fireworks, but the ground will be so soggy that everyone will be knee-deep in muck alongside Allen Parkway.

Areas south and west of Houston got the most rain Monday: There were 9 inches near Victoria, 6 inches in Wharton and 5 inches in parts of Brazoria County. The reason, said Channel 2 meteorologist Frank Billingsley, is a low-pressure system near Waco, which is drawing moisture into Southeast Texas. So, Billingsley said, the rain should begin in earnest around 10 a.m. today and will continue until about 8 p.m. "During that time, we could see some very heavy rain in the area," Billingsley said. "Wednesday, more rain is in the computer forecast."

Though officials are keeping a close watch on the Brazos River, which could flood near Brazos Bend State Park, no widespread flooding is expected. "If it does what the National Weather Service said it's going to do, we'll have some minor flooding in low-lying areas next to the river — water in pastures, mostly," Doc Adams with the Brazoria County Emergency Management Office told KPRC.

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