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You didn't really think we were done with snow, did you?

The "s-word" makes a return to the forecast late tonight and Tuesday, as a strong low-pressure system winding up near the Great Lakes hurls a strong cold front through our region.

The first effects will come today, with showers and possibly a few thunderstorms developing ahead of the front.

But as cold northwest winds take hold tonight and early Tuesday, the upslope flow over the mountains will kick off bands of snow showers.

For the Roanoke Valley, don't expect much: flurries, if that, with no accumulation. Not only does the valley usually not get much out of an upslope snow shower situation, but surface temperatures will be a few degrees above freezing as it falls.

The New River Valley might see enough to whiten the ground, or at least the grass, in a few places. Parts of eastern West Virginia and far Southwest Virginia, particularly those on western slopes, could get a few inches.

A little snow in April is not at all unusual in Southwest Virginia. Neither is the sub-freezing cold likely to follow by Wednesday morning. Get your sensitive plants inside.