WEATHER UPDATE: Bethany and Woodbridge's Hour-By-Hour Snow Forecast

By Brian McCready (Patch Staff)

The projected accumulation totals for this latest winter storm isn’t the real story here.

The real news, is that the snow will be still be falling during Thursday morning’s commute and rain from the night before will have frozen, so please exercise caution when driving.

The storm itself isn’t that impressive. The National Weather Service rescinded its Winter Storm Watch it had posted earlier on Wednesday for southern Fairfield, southern New Haven, southern Middlesex, and southern New London counties.

Now there is a Winter Weather Advisory in effect for those areas listed above for a potential of 2 to 5 inches of snow, which begins after midnight, and ends early Thursday afternoon.

For the rest of the state, nothing, no advisories or Hazardous Weather Outlooks. That doesn’t mean you won’t see any snow, but it’s nothing that precipitated an advisory.

The rest of Connecticut including northern Fairfield, northern New Haven, northern Middlesex, northern New London, Hartford, and Tolland counties could all receive 1 to 3 inches of snow.

Overall, nothing impressive, especially after the winter we’ve had, and let’s hope this is the last storm of the winter!

Woodbridge’s hour-by-hour forecast as of 4:53 p.m. from the National Weather Service:

• Wednesday night: Rain likely before 8pm, then rain and sleet likely between 8pm and 10pm, then snow after 10pm. Low around 21. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
• Thursday: Snow, mainly before 1pm. Temperature falling to around 21 by 5pm. Wind chill values between 10 and 15. North wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Thursday night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 7. Wind chill values between zero and 5. North wind 6 to 8 mph.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 23. Wind chill values between zero and 10. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.

Here’s Bethany’s hour-by-hour forecast as of 4:45 p.m. from the weather service:

• Wednesday night: Rain and sleet likely before 10pm, then snow. Low around 20. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Thursday: Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 24. Wind chill values between 10 and 15. North wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Thursday night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 7. North wind 5 to 7 mph.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 21. Wind chill values between zero and 10. Light and variable wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

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