The snow has begun to fall at Calvert & Centre streets. But the temperature outside the newsroom is 36 degrees, so it's hard to imagine any of this will stick on the streets. Forecasters continue to call for an inch or two in the I-95 corridor, and a couple more than that to our west.

Maybe they're onto something. I notice the barometer has been falling since the snow began. So is the temperature, which happens when it precipitates.

Some Virginia locations are already reporting several inches on the ground. To check for school closings, or subscribe to school closing alerts, click here.

Here's the Winter Weather Advisory for east of I-95. And this is the Winter Storm Warning posted for Carroll County and west. Below is the snow prediction map from AccuWeather.com  Clearly most of the snowfall will be well to our west and northeast, by their estimates.

The NWS says to expect moderate to heavy snow rates as the storm gets started. Here's the radar loop. The changeover to a rain/snow mix will start to our southwest and work its way north and east. As the storm moves up the coast we will fall into a more easterly flow of air off the ocean. The NWS is saying that will mean warmer air and a change to freezing rain or rain this afternoon, depending on how long it takes to shake the colder temperatures near the surface. But it looks to me like the air near the surface is already well above freezing.

Even if we get off easy with this one, as it appears we may, the forecasters have more in store. They're expecting a second coastal low to move our way on Saturday, with precipitation likely to increase as the day wears on. Like today's weather, that storm is expected to start as snow, then mix and change to rain in the eastern sections of the region during the afternoon.

The really cold air arrives as the Saturday storm departs with a high Sunday only in the upper 20s.

Our next storm chances are forecast for the middle of next week.