Did I mention it was going to RAIN???!!!!

An unduly pessimistic prophecy, Wayne. Here's the forecast from the
NWS office in State College, scarcely two hours old:

Seven Day Forecast
Issued 9:00pm EDT -- Wed, May 12, 2004
Overnight
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of a shower
or thunderstorm, then mostly clear with areas
of fog late. Lows in the mid 60s. Light wind.
Chance of rain 20 percent.
Thursday
Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning, then
scattered afternoon showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 80s. Light
wind. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Thursday night
Partly cloudy. A slight chance of showers and
thunderstorms early. Lows in the mid 60s.
Light wind, becoming southeast around 10
mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Friday
Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
Southeast winds around 10 mph, becoming
southwest.
Friday night
Partly cloudy. A chance of showers after
midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. Southwest
winds around 10 mph. Chance of rain 30
percent.
Saturday
Mostly cloudy. Scattered showers. Scattered
afternoon thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Saturday night
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower 50s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
Sunday
Mostly cloudy. A chance of showers. Highs in
the lower 70s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Sunday night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Monday
Partly sunny. Highs in the lower 70s.
Monday night
Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower 50s.
Tuesday
Partly sunny. Scattered afternoon showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower 70s.
Chance of rain 30 percent.
Tuesday night
Partly cloudy. Scattered showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.
Wednesday
Partly sunny. Scattered afternoon showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s. Chance
of rain 30 percent.

Notice that at no time is the chance of rain more than 30 percent.

And if it does rain, it won't be an all-day downpour.

vince