over the part of first portion 14 defining channels 36 and peaks 42 peaks 42 help guide the rain into valleys 40 of channels 36 thus channels 36 help to converge any rain water running over the first portion 14 of cover 10 of course some of the rain will fall directly on the gutter cover the illustrated configuration increases the volume of water at these locations causing the water to flow in streams around nose portion 18 to second portion 16 this facilitates initial wetting of second portion 16 causing cover 10 to begin functioning sooner and in light rain after the water has rounded nose portion 18 onto second portion 16 it flows into open trough 30 of rain gutter 32 coatings including suitable paint may be applied to the entire surface of cover 10 in order to induce the flowing water to form a film so as to enhance the cover 39 s wettability because the outermost edge of nose portion 18 extends beyond edge 34 of rain gutter 32 debris falls overboard to the ground and does not enter the gutter as a result of this arrangement the occurrence of u201c tiger striping u201d as well as other effects caused when water drips from nose portion 18 onto the front surface of the gutter is eliminated in addition it reduces the tendency for icicles to form and their attendant disadvantages to occur fig5 illustrates another embodiment of a gutter cover in accordance with the present invention in this case second portion 16 of cover 10 also includes a number of substantially parallel channels 44 extending in a flow direction as denoted by.