Forewarned is forearmed: Our friends at the National Weather Service office on Woodley Island are saying that there’s gonna be a hellacious front striking Humboldt at about midnight tonight, and it’s going to dump rain until about 10 a.m.

There is a flood watch in effect, and with coastal soils already pretty darned wet they’re expecting plenty of slipping and sliding. Here’s the prognosis:

A quick moving cold front will bring moderate to heavy rain to the area tonight into late Friday morning. Rainfall totals of 2-4 inches and rainfall rates up to 0.5 inches or higher an hour are possible. Saturated soils and the heavy rainfall rates will increase the risk of minor flooding impacts to low lying and urban areas. Rises in creeks and streams are likely.

Stay tucked in your beds as long as possible, friends, and expect your usual flood-prone areas to flood.