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Bust out the skis — it’s snow time.

Almost. Maybe.

Skiing Web site J2Ski.com on Sunday predicted four days of winter weather that could dump more than a foot of snow on the upper slopes of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Germany’s highest mountain — the Zugspitze — starting early this week.

Nearly 8 inches of the white stuff could fall on the upper slopes Tuesday, and another 11 inches or so for Wednesday, according to the site.

But the forecast is by no means a sure thing.

In fact, it might be nothing more than another thing to snicker at during the election season.

If it did snow that much, "that would be severe weather," said Air Force Staff Sgt. Fernando Ortega, who supervises weather forecasting for Northern Europe at the 21st Operational Weather Squadron at Sembach, Germany.

Though the squadron only had forecasted out through Monday, all they’d seen so far was rain.

If six inches of snow were about to fall on Garmisch, "that would be on everybody’s radar," he said.

The temperatures the weather squadron is seeing are just too warm for anything more than snow’s soggy cousin.

Ortega said they do see a cold front coming through the area over the weekend, but it’s no reason to dig out the old snowsuit.

Even the J2Ski Web site shows minimum temperatures for Monday above freezing.

But forecasts beyond two days are unreliable, according to the site.

So maybe there’ll be a blizzard. But don’t count on more than a drizzle.

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