We’ll finally get wet, but not wet enough

Those wet drops falling from the sky today?

That would be rain.

A storm could slow down over Georgia this afternoon, bringing rains of 1 to 2 inches to much of the metro area, the National Weather Service predicts.

But that will do little to ease the region’s drought —- now in its third fall.

“One to two inches isn’t going to have much effect,” says Pam Knox, assistant state climatologist.

The last measurable rainfall at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport was a scant .01 inch on Sept. 12.

This year, Atlanta has recorded about 31 inches of rain —- nearly 9 inches below average.

A wide swath of northeast Georgia, from the northern suburbs of Atlanta northeastward, remains in “extreme drought” —- or one that occurs every 50 years. Those areas include Gwinnett, Cherokee and northern Fulton counties.