Sorry. I've been stuffing my face for a few days and communing with family. Didn't realize the skies outside had grown so damp and gloomy. As soon as we clear this plume of moist, mild air surging in from the South, we'll have the skies cleared and plenty of sunshine in store for you tomorrow.

Forecasters say the next cold front is poised just to our west. After some more widespread rain this evening and spottier showers early tomorrow morning, the front will have passed to our east, allowing high pressure and clear skies to build back into the region, borne on gusty winds.

In the meantime we could see as much as an inch of rain in some places. Wouldn't that be nice? We're running well behind the pace for November - not even an inch and a half. And the month is nearly over. We normally see more than 3 inches of rain in November at BWI. The mountains may see some snow showers Tuesday as the colder air rushes in.

The next cold front is due through here on Thursday. Not too much in the way of clouds or rain in the cards with that one. The next chance for rain after that won't come along until Sunday, with prospects for some considerable precipitation associated with a storm moving out of Ohio. Forecasters are also hinting at some mixed wintry precipitation initially out of that, but they don't seem too worried about it. Too far away to worry about now.