This new storm has already dropped more than a half-inch of rain on instruments here at The Sun, and out on the WeatherDeck in Cockeysville. Officially, out at BWI, they've clocked just over eight tenths of an inch. If you accept the rule of thumb equating an inch of rain to 10 inches of snow (a rule that is not always reliable), we could have been looking at up to 8 inches of snow this morning, with more to come.

UPDATE at 3 p.m.:  We've topped 1.1 inches here at The Sun. BWI has exceeded 1.3 inches. Here are the watches and warnings.

EARLIER: Now try to imagine all this rain as snow, falling on Maryland's Presidential Primary day, Feb. 12. Nice mess, huh? That sort of thing never happened when we voted in May. But I digress.

Icing does not seem to be affecting BGE customers, but Allegheny Power, to our west, has quite a few customers in the dark in West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Radar suggests we'll catch a little break this morning, then see more rain in the afternoon.

Here are some more rainfall counts from around the region, as gathered by the NWS. Here are more for Maryland, from volunteers with CoCoRaHS.

Freezing rain to the north and west of the urban corridor produced enough ice to worry school officials. Frederick, Carroll and Harford schools elected to close, and Baltimore County shuttered schools in the Hereford Zone, leaving my favorite teacher with nothing to do today.

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Not much risk of closings next week. They're expecting sunny skies and highs near 50 for the next three days, and near 60 on Tuesday. The long-term forecast holds some more precipitation, all of it liquid. Forecasts of a mild, mostly snow-free winter appear to be holding up well.