CT Weather: Snow Accumulation Estimates Decrease For Wednesday

CONNECTICUT — After a decent sized snowstorm last week, it looks like we're back to our regularly scheduled winter programming of very little snow events.

Some areas of Connecticut received snow squalls Tuesday, and it looks like our next snow event, can't really call it a snowstorm, is forecast for late Tuesday and early Wednesday morning.

"A more notable chance or round of snow comes tonight into the predawn hours of tomorrow as a clipper passes through New England," said WFSB 3 TV meteorologists. "New data has shifted the greatest accumulation north so we have adjusted our snowfall forecast to match up. By sunrise, a coating to 1″ of snow will be on the ground, but mainly across northern CT. It’s notable, given our lackluster season so far, also because of the role it will have on the morning commute. This is one reason we’ve declared a First Alert Weather Day for tomorrow, though if data keeps trending northward, we will drop the alert. In the wake of the snow, we’ll see at least partial clearing and with a southwesterly flow, temps briefly head into the 40s. Additional rain/mix/snow showers develop during the day and if it is cold enough by the evening commute, snow squalls will be a risk as a stronger cold front pushes through the state --- another reason for our First Alert Weather Day. Keep in mind any snow squall that develops can quickly drop visibility and produce a coating of snow making things slick.(Read more at WFSB 3 TV).

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Here are the forecast updates via the National Weather Service for southern Connecticut:

Tonight: A slight chance of snow between 10pm and 1am. Increasing clouds, with a temperature falling to near 22 by 8pm, then rising to around 32 during the remainder of the night. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers between 10am and 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Wind chill values between 25 and 35. Southwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. Wind chill values between 5 and 10. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 32. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of freezing rain and sleet after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to near 26 by 8pm, then rising to around 32 during the remainder of the night. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Rain. High near 46. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Rain likely before 1am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Here are the forecast updates via the National Weather Service for southern Connecticut:

Tonight: A chance of snow after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 18. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Wednesday: A slight chance of snow showers before 9am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 9am and 10am, then a slight chance of rain showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Southwest wind 6 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 29. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of snow after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. South wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A chance of snow before 8am, then a chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 43. Southwest wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 3am, then a chance of snow between 3am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.