It is once again time to batten down the hatches.

A snowstorm overnight tonight into Wednesday figures to pack quite a wallop.

Just as area residents and businesses begin to slowly recover from a Friday nor’easter that left thousands without power, another storm is coming in tonight and Wednesday.

This one will likely yield between 8-12 inches of snow, according to Tom Kines, senior meteorologist with AccuWeather.

“I don’t think it’s a big issue this evening, so if you’re out and about this evening, I don’t think it’s going to be really bad yet,” Kines said. “But, if you got things to do, the earlier the better.”

Kines said the storm will continue into Wednesday evening.

“I suspect driving tomorrow is going to be very difficult,” he said.

“Traveling tomorrow is going to be slow at best; I highly recommend not driving tomorrow,” he said. “If you’re on a flight leaving tomorrow, there’s going to be a lot of cancellations across the mid-Atlantic and northeast.”

Kines said that on the western side of the storm, there’s going to be a pretty sharp gradient where people get a lot of snow, and people don’t get a lot of snow.

“There’s ways that we don’t get 8-12 (inches),” he said. “Right now, with the track we’re thinking of, it looks like we’re going to get hit pretty hard.”

Kines said the storm figures to wind down tomorrow evening, with Thursday shaping up to be a dry day with some sunshine and temperatures in the upper-30s.

He said Friday looks to be a blustery day, with temperatures in the upper-30s, and possibly some snow showers during the day.

Kines said the weekend isn’t looking too bad, with temperatures Saturday and Sunday in the lower 40s.

However, he said to keep an eye on another system tracking across the southern states over the weekend.

“If that would decide to turn northeast, it could give us problems Sunday night or Monday,” he said. “Just something to keep an eye on.”

For those who believe spring can’t come soon enough, they could be in for a bit of a wait, Kines said.

“We don’t see any true springtime weather coming anytime soon, maybe midmonth,” he said. “By midmonth, our normal highs are in the upper 40s.”

Kines said a big snowstorm hit the area last year on March 14 that produced over a foot of snow.

“These things happen in March,” he said.