RI Weather Forecast Dramatically Worsens: Major Storm Coming

Those hoping Rhode Island would skate by this upcoming storm with 3 or 4 inches are about to be vastly disappointed. Sunday evening's forecast calls for nearly all of Rhode Island to get between 12-18 inches - with the possibility of 2 feet - assuring a third monster storm in as many weeks.

Power outages, flooding, and blizzard conditions are all in play for a storm that starts Monday night and goes into Tuesday. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for the entire state, with a high wind watch down the entire Mass. coast, and flood warnings in parts of Southeastern Mass. This, yet again, will be a biggie.

A minimum of a foot of snow is expected for nearly the whole state, with the Providence area at risk of blizzard conditions. The East Bay and Mass.'s South Coast and Cape are of particular concern, with "heavy, accumulating, wet, pasty snow along with strong to damaging winds could lead to greater impact with respect to downed limbs, power lines," the NWS said.

The worst-scenario calls for as much as 19 inches in the northern half of the state. The low-end totals could still be around 4-5 inches. One thing the NWS is sure of, it said on Twitter: "We're confident it is going to SNOW."