AccuWeather has dialed back its snow hysteria meter. The cold, arctic air is still headed this way. You can expect it to end this delightfully balmy autumn weather by the end of the week. But the snow threat they were hyping late last week looks like it will end somewhere west of the mountains. Here's their report. And here's their storm blogger, Henry Margusity.

In the meantime, we will be reading and watching a lot of reports from the Western states this week as the cold air sweeps down from the Yukon. It's already pretty danged cold in the northern Rockies. That air mass will eventually displace the high that is off Delmarva this morning, spinning clockwise and pumping mild air into the region from the South.

As it passes on Friday, the cold front will bring rain. But the feared changeover to snow as the cold air whips in will likely be confined to the western portions of the eastern states, such as Pa. and N.Y., forecasters say.

Here, we can expect rain and a switch to more seasonable temperatures, or a shade below. At this time of year, seasonable for Baltimore means highs in the low 50s and lows just at freezing.