A significant storm could dump a sizable amount of snow starting Sunday and continuing through Monday.

Tom Kines, a senior meteorologist with AccuWeather said the amount of snow is uncertain.

“We still have question marks with the storm,” Kines said. “There’s a storm in the southwestern part of the country right now that’s caused lot of nasty weather out there, and it’s heading our way.”

However, Kines said the track is going to be important on this storm.

“If it tracks far enough north, we’re going to get a significant snowstorm out of this,” he said. “If heavy precipitation falls south of us, then it’s not going to be too big of a deal.”

Though still early to know for sure, Kines estimated our area could see anywhere from 8-12 inches of snow.

“There’s also going to be a secondary storm, and that’s going to be a player too,” he said. “There’s lot of question marks yet that have to be resolved.”

Kines said what is known is there will be a potent, significant storm that affects the mid-Atlantic and into the northeast over the weekend and into the early part of next week.

“Assuming that the storm doesn’t track way far south, I suspect that Monday morning could be a little tricky,” he said. “I wouldn’t put the storm shovel away just yet.”

Regardless, Kines quipped there’s “no heat wave coming anytime soon,” as temperatures Saturday will probably reach the upper 20s as there’s going to be a cold start to the day.

“It wouldn’t shock me if the coldest spots came in at single digits in the morning,” he said. “The day itself is going to be a cold day.”

But Kines said the wind won’t be as strong, and there should be a lot of sunshine as well Saturday, adding it should feel better than what it felt like on Friday.

He said the second half of the weekend gets cloudier, and we could see snow arriving sometime Sunday afternoon or early evening.

“Once it gets here, it’s not going to be in any hurry to leave; it might wait until Monday night to leave,” he said. “If we would get a heavy snow out of this, a foot or whatever, odds are it would be a dry, fluffy snow as opposed to a heavy, wet snow.”

Kines said the significance of that is that a dry, fluffy snow is easier to move around with a shovel.

“There might be a time at some point on Monday that temperatures get close to freezing, and the snow is a wetter snow variety,” he said. “For the most part, I think it’s a drier, fluffy snow.”