That rain that likely made your commute a soggy crawl this morning will continue throughout the day and night, according to the National Weather Service.

The rain will be heavy at times, and up to 2 inches could fall today across Central Texas, the weather service says. Making the rain feel slightly more miserable, the high temperature likely won’t break 50 degrees today, either.

The showers will continue through tonight and possibly into tomorrow (there’s a 40 percent chance for rain on Thursday). The high tomorrow is only expected to reach about 48 degrees again.

As you splash to your car, getting wet and cold, just remember that the Austin area is coming out of one of its worst droughts ever recorded. The wet fall and winter have helped, and even before today, Austin has had more rain than average for the month and year-to-date. That rain has helped fill our area lakes: Lake Travis, which at one point last summer resembled a pudddle in areas, is at 663 feet (full is 681).

If you can hang in there until Friday, it is supposed to get much better. The weather service says it will be 66 and dry that day.