Wednesday rainfall as of 6 PM fell far short of expectations, about 0.20 inch, after a warm and dry November. November rainfall was only 0.95 inch, or about 25% of normal. It appears that the trajectory of the Wednesday system formed an Appalachian rain shadow to the north and northwest of the mountains in a straight south to north flow. Heavy rains fell south of the mountains. It is probably still a good idea to water evergreens one last time going into winter unless of course the back side of the current weather system overachieves.