All this tropical weather we've been experiencing in recent days - warm, humid mornings followed by showery afternoons and evenings - is expected to continue through Wednesday. The chances for showers and thunderstorms in the afternoons and evenings will run 30 to 50 percent for the next few days.

Temperatures will run at or slightly above normal for the period, crowding 90 degrees right through the weekend.

A cold front - or at this time of year maybe we should call it a less-hot front - will cross the region Wednesday, finally driving out this stalled system that has kept us locked into this humid, stormy pattern. The frontal passage will trigger the strongest storms of the week, with damaging winds and large hail possible where those storms develop.

The rains so far, like that which wetted visitors to Harford County's Fiore Winery Sunday (in Sun photographer Kim Hairston's image, left) have been typically spotty. Here are some measurements for those we saw on Sunday. They ranged from nothing to more than 3 inches in Abingdon, up in Harford County. 

After the front goes by Wednesday, we can look forward to continued hot weather, but it should be sunnier, and mostly free of showers.

Critters seem to be enjoying the rain, and the explosion of grass and flowers. Anybody else noticing more critters out there? I'm seeing lots of chipmunks, rabbits, birds. Even spotted an otter on the Gunpowder last weekend. Anyone else?