At this point, it might qualify as drizzle in the ocean, but an offshore system could add a few more inches to the region's prodigious snow piles later this week.
"We're watching," said Patrick O'Hara, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Mount Holly, and the prospect is "raising eyebrows."
But unlike last week, when the global computer models were in uncharacteristic agreement about what was coming, this week they are back to their old fractious, squabbling ways, he said, offering differing outcomes.
The upshot is that a coastal storm could form later in the week and might well head out to sea.
However, as good as the models performed last week, they did whiff on a few consequential points, including the northwest extent of snow.
Areas that were expected to escape the brunt of the storm ended up with 30 inches.
So once again, the weathermen will be watching for any potential northwest trend. So far the models are taking the storm energy farther south than they were last week, said Tom Kines, a meteorologist with AccuWeather Inc.
But added, "There is room for there to be a correction."
In the meantime, we'll keep shoveling.