Rhode Island Weather Forecast: How Much Snow, When, and Where

The first snow estimates have been released for Tuesday's storm, and they certainly make one thing clear: This nor'easter is going to be the real deal. The majority of the state could see well more than a foot of snow in one of the strongest outputs of the winter.

Weather watches have been issued in advance of Winter Storm Stella. The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard watch for the southern half of Rhode Island, while the rest will be under a winter storm watch.

Winter Storm Stella will follow the frigid weekend with at least 12-18 inches, and up to almost two feet if things go bad. Subscribe to your local Patch for more weather and news alerts.

Travel Tuesday will be extra dangerous, and expect hundreds of flights to be grounded. If things go as planned, kiss goodbye to school Tuesday (and Wednesday, too.) The storm is expected to start Tuesday at 6-7 a.m.

Strong wind gusts will continue to across the Bay State Tuesday, with gusts around 40-55 miles per hour inland and 70 on Block Island.

And let's make it through this storm first, but how about this nugget the National Weather Service decided to drop on us Saturday afternoon?

Before we look too far ahead, we still have this weekend's bitter cold to deal with. Despite recent record-high temperatures close to 70 degrees, wind chills this weekend will dip into double-digit negatives. So even as the clock springs forward Sunday morning, you'll have every excuse to stay in bed an extra hour or two.