Friday's storm system is threatening to put a glaze of ice on things west of the I-95 corridor. The National Weather Service has posted a Winter Storm Watch from Carroll and Frederick counties westward.

The watch, in effect from late Thursday through Friday afternoon, calls for sleet first, then freezing rain. "The watch area has a potential for a quarter-inch or more of accumulating ice," forecasters said. They're most concerned about the stretch from Hagerstown to Westminster.

Worse, behind the rains late on Friday we'll get strong winds, which will likely bring down some trees, limbs and power lines already burdened with ice. It could be a cold, dark weekend for some.

Down here in the low country we still have a potential for some freezing rain. There's now a Hazardous Weather Outlook message posted for the I-95 corridor. But on the whole it should be a rain event. But it will pay to be cautious driving around on Friday.

This event is still 24 hours away, and the forecast could change and shift the slippery stuff eastward. So stay tuned.