Don't put the shovel away just yet. The National Weather Service is watching the development of a coastal storm that could come swirling up the coast late Sunday or early Monday, bringing snow, possibly mixing with rain lasting into Tuesday.

Here's the current discussion from the Sterling forecast office, slightly edited to remove abbreviations:

"ALL EYES NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE ON POTENTIAL COASTAL STORM EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP THIS WEEKEND OVER THE SOUTHEAST US. MODELS CONTINUE TO
ADVERTISE A NOREASTER AS A SOUTHERN STREAM TROUGH EJECTS FROM NORTHERN MEXICO.

"PRECIPITATION LOOKING MORE LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT-MONDAY AS STORM TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE COAST. PRECIPITATION TYPE DEPENDENT ON EVENTUAL TRACK OF SURFACE LOW WITH SNOW LOOKING MORE LIKELY WEST OF THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS. RAIN/SNOW MIX EAST.

"FOR NOW, WILL CONTINUE WITH GENERAL MENTION OF RAIN/SNOW FOR ALL AREAS GIVEN THE USUAL UNCERTAINTIES THIS FAR OUT. CONTINUED BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES NEXT WEEK WITH DEEP EAST COAST TROUGH EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN PLACE."

As usual, AccuWeather has a somewhat more hysterical take on what we're in for, using words like "great storms," "explosive" and "whopper."

That would be OK by me. One more snow day for Baltimore County this winter and I win a free dinner from a certain county high school teacher. I'm thinking thick steak.