AccuWeather, whose extreme-weather blogger Henry Margusity has been hyping this weekend's snowstorm all week, is now saying the Baltimore-Washington area should expect no more than a brief period of snow or mixed precipitation Saturday. Then it all turns to rain. The heaviest snow - 18 inches - looks like it will be confined to central NY and inland New England. 

Sorry, all you snow fanatics. Here's the latest snow map from AccuWeather.com  Looks like the Baltimore-Washington urban corridor is completely out of the accumulation zones. AccuWeather says, "The major urban areas along the Interstate 95 corridor will initially be buffeted by a mix of sleet and snow that will quickly change to a wind-whipped rain." 

The National Weather Service forecast for BWI, meanwhile, calls for rain, sleet, snow and the always popular "wintry mix."  It certainly sounds like a mess.

Garrett County in far western Maryland is already in a fix because of heavy rain from the current storm. The weather service has issued a flood warning for the county, as well as nearby portions of West Virginia and Pennsylvania:.

"AT 1138 AM EST RAIN CONTINUED TO FLOW ACROSS PRESTON...FAYETTE AND
  GARRETT COUNTIES.  REPORTED RAINFALL HAS BEEN FROM THREE QUARTERS
  TO AN INCH WITH ANOTHER QUARTER INCH EXPECTED.  SMALL STREAMS ARE
  ALREADY OUT OF BANKS AND SOME ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.  THE
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND CONTINUING RUNOFF WILL AGGRAVATE THE
  SITUATION THIS AFTERNOON."

You don't need snow to make a mess of things.