All sorts of advisories and other alerts in the forecast this afternoon. The rain is likely to pick up tonight as the cold front pushes through. And behind the front we'll have a new, colder air mass rushing in throughout the day Monday behind the departing storm.

They're warning of wind gusts in excess of 46 mph around here. They could top 60 mph in the mountains. Expect wind restrictions on the bridges. You'll have to find a new route for the old Winnebago.

And to top it all off, the forecast for the week ahead shows a 30 percent chance of some light snow late Wednesday into Thursday. Here's a snippet from the discussion out at Sterling. (My jargon translations in parentheses):

"NEXT CLIPPER TYPE SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE AREA AS EARLY
AS (1 a.m.) WED. THIS COULD BE A PROBLEM FOR MORNING RUSH HOUR. ... (COMPUTER MODELS) HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH SYSTEM ALTHOUGH AMOUNT OF (PRECIP. AND TIMING) A BIG QUESTION. TEMPERATURES HOWEVER SHOULD BE COLD ENOUGH FOR A MAINLY
ALL SNOW EVENT. QUITE POSSIBLE TO GET A DUSTING TO AN INCH OF SNOW
EAST OF THE MTNS"

Notice the high temperatures forecast for BWI on Wednesday and Thursday - only in the 30s. That's more than 10 degrees below the longterm average for this time of year.

In the meantime, the storm has dropped some snow well to our north. here's how it looks at Cornell University, in Ithaca, NY.