Tropical Storm Barry - the second named storm of this very young Atlantic hurricane season - has already been downgraded to a tropical depression. Soon it will be "extra-tropical" - just a big rainstorm. But it looks like it is delivering badly needed rain to fire-plagued Florida and parts of the Southeast. Eastern North Carolina is in for a rough go. Check out these watches and warnings.

SUNDAY UPDATE: Here's what you're missing on the boardwalk in Ocean City. The Beach Patrol reports some moderate rip currents visible and more expected. Winds are 20-30 mph out of the southeast with heavy rain. But there are few people in the water. The water temperature is a bracing 63 degrees. Here are some rainfall totals for states to our south.

We're next, with close to two inches of rain possible Sunday into Monday. This is just what the doctor ordered, at least for the eastern half of the state. Hopefully not too much, too quickly. Look for minor flooding along the Western Shore of the Bay Sunday as storm-driven high tides surge as much as two feet above normal predictions.

Here's the latest advisory. Here's the storm track. Here's the satellite loop. And here's the radar loop. AccuWeather sees it this way. 

You know, there's a running joke around the Sun newsroom that as soon as we write about an emerging weather trend - like dry summer weather, or the lack of winter snow - we inevitably trigger the end of that trend. (Maybe we're just a bit late catching on to the trend?) On Friday we ran a front-page story about the seven weeks of dry weather we've had in Maryland and the growing threat to crops. Well, right on cue, there's a tropical depression on our doorstep, tracking right up the coast to Delmarva by late Sunday night.

Here's the official forecast for our area. You're welcome.