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Dear readers, I know you want us to quit telling you how it’s never gonna stop snowing, but we can’t control the National Weather Service (or the weather). The latest Winter Storm Watch is calling for a potential of more than 8 inches of snow, with “a good likelihood” of more than 10 inches. The timing is still roughly the same: it’ll start sometime Tuesday afternoon and continue through Wednesday afternoon.

The worst part? As Capital Weather Gang writes, “Though this storm will not have the same amount of moisture as Snowmageddon, models suggest a deeper storm (i.e. more intense meteorologically) which will pose a significant risk of high winds and additional power outages.” Charming.

In case you missed me on Kojo just now, both Pepco President Thomas Graham and Dominion Virginia Power’s Joe Woomer told us they are hard at work restoring power, but it won’t all be fixed by tonight, meaning some residents could well be in store for several more days of outages if this turns out to be bad. Not to mention, this increased accumulation prediction puts us right in the crosshairs of WMATA’s policy of keeping trains limited to underground stations once snow levels reach above 8 inches. The transit system could well end up just getting full service back before they have to shut ‘er down again.

Stay tuned.