Heavy rains were expected to continue today and early tonight, with another inch of the wet in the forecast.

“Over the last two days, it looks like just over 2 inches of rain so far,” said Adam Douty, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather. “Through the rest of today, what’s falling now plus whatever we see later today and early tonight, we could probably see another inch of rain (for at total) somewhere between 3 or 4 inches.

“Currently nothing is being projected to go into flood stage, so if there is flooding, it’s probably more likely to be on smaller streams and mid-rivers,” Douty said. “Once it ends here, those smaller waterways recede pretty quickly.”

Douty said overall, conditions are “definitely wetter than normal” for this time of year.

He said that in March, we saw 5.14 inches of rain, which is 142% of normal - well above normal - and that after today, four days into April, we’ll be close to or maybe almost right to the normal average rainfall for the average month, with 3.67 inches being normal for April.

“As of yesterday, we were at 2.3, we’ll almost be there,” Douty said. “Impressive start to the month.”

He added it could effect opening day of trout season on Saturday.

Douty said that by tonight, conditions are expected to dry out.

He said high temperatures on Thursday are expected to get close to 50, with a few breaks of sun possible, and added that by Thursday afternoon, there could be some showers, maybe even a little thunder with small pea-size hail not completely out of the question.

Douty said Friday and Saturday are expected to be breezy, with highs in the upper 40s, possibly 50.

The National Weather Service said a flood watch is in effect from Wednesday morning through Thursday afternoon. Additional rainfall amounts between 1 to 3 inches are likely across portions of the watch area through Thursday.

About two dozen of regional river points are forecast to approach flood stage Wednesday into Thursday, with several exceeding flood stage.

The most intense rain is expected to fall into this evening, and with these high rainfall rates, flash flooding cannot be ruled out. Excessive runoff may continue to cause rivers, creeks, and streams to rise through the end of the week even when the rain has ended.

Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.