Better bring in the trash cans. As a storm center moves off the mid-Atlantic coast and intensifies this afternoon, colder air will move in behind the low, blowing in from the northwest with gusts as high as 40 mph this afternoon and tonight. There are gale warnings for the Bay. Here's the landlubbers' advisory from the weather service:

" LOW PRESSURE WILL INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES OFF THE DELMARVA TODAY.
THIS STORM WILL HELP TO GENERATE SOME STRONG WINDS. NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL GUST UP TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. THESE WINDS WILL ALSO USHER IN A MUCH COOLER AIR MASS WITH
TEMPERATURES FALLING INTO THE 30S BY LATE AFTERNOON IN MOST AREAS.

"SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS WILL EVEN OCCUR IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS
WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE...ALTHOUGH ANY ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE UNDER
ONE INCH.

"BE SURE TO SECURE ANY LOOSE ITEMS ON YOUR PROPERTY DUE TO THE
STRONG WINDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALSO USE EXTRA CAUTION."

But the cold blast tonight won't do much to bring in more seasonable temperatures. The forecast still calls for sunshine and highs this week in the upper 40s and low 50s. That's still 5 to 10 degrees above normal for this time of year.