I feel sorry for any vacationers who came down this weekend after hearing the great forecast that the weathermen were giving around the middle of last week.

At the time they were calling for spectacular holiday weather.  Then Friday night they started saying it was not going to clear up until Saturday.  The trouble was that while it cleared up Saturday morning, it started clouding up Saturday afternoon.

Sunday dawned all clouds and stayed that way until sunset when the sun sneaked out from behind the clouds.  However, by that time, the weather folks were calling for heavy rain today. 

An almost tropical system had formed off the Carolinas and was headed sraight for us.

One weatherman even said we could get up to seven inches of rain according to the computer models.  His personal forecast was for one to two inches.

He should have stuck with the computers.  By noon today, we had 3.5 inches here in Bluewater Cove in western Carteret County on the banks of the White Oak River.  Of course it is still pouring rain, and we are just minutes away from high tide on the White Oak.

It was already scheduled to be a high tide, but with all this rain, I suspected we may see some minor flooding.  The weather map is certainly hinting that we just might get a real soaking.

I guess we won't have to water the grass anymore this season.

Fortunately most of our memories from the coast are of good times, blue skies, and emerald water.

Check this post for the rainfall total from the storm.