It should begin to feel a little less like Ireland today. The clouds you see on top of us in the satellite image should begin to erode, the sun should reappear and the dank air will begin to dry out this afternoon. The cold front is past us now, and high pressure is building in.

The clearing skies, of course, will increase radiational cooling after dark tonight. That could mean some patchy frost west of the I-95 corridor. The forecast lows show 37 degrees at BWI, 36 at Westminster and 35 at Hagerstown. That's plenty cold enough for frost.

Wednesday may be our only truly sunny day this week. But it will be chilly. They're calling for highs of only 60 degrees tomorrow at BWI. That's almost 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. There will be clouds around Thursday and Friday, too, but we should see some sunshine as well. For those of us longing for some toasty weather amid all this Irish mist, Friday will be the warmest day of the week, reaching only 74 degrees.

Then, it looks like yet another damp weekend, with showers returning late Friday and lingering through Sunday as a new low out of the northern Plains states drags the next cold front through the region. Slainte!