Light Snow Thursday, More Snow on Valentine's Day, Deep Freeze for Manchester

By Brian McCready (Patch Staff)

On Tuesday morning, there was talk the state could be hit with up to 6 inches of snow on Thursday, well a lot has changed in a day.

Now the latest information shows that the state is looking at just a coating to a maximum of 2 inches tomorrow, says Bob Maxon in an email to Patch.com. Maxon is an NBC Connecticut meteorologist.

While we can all breathe a collective sigh of relief that Thursday’s snow will be nothing more than a nuisance that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods, not at all.

Maxon says Friday will be cold and windy, and then the next chance for accumulating snow is on Saturday afternoon and into Sunday morning. This latest storm could impact your Valentine’s Day plans.

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“Snow possible Saturday afternoon into Sunday AM....looks like 2”-4” is likely, but a 5 or 6” total would totally surprise me. These “clipper” systems are never easy to nail down 4 days out,” Maxon tells Patch.com.

And while we’re not talking about huge snowstorms, we’ve clearly run out places to put it, and venturing outside from Friday through Tuesday is not going to be fun, Maxon explains.

“Coldest temps? Impossible to nail ... but Monday AM looks coldest. -10 seems possible at Bradley International Airport, -5 in Hartford, -2 in New Haven and -15 or more in Colebrook/Norfolk/Falls Village,” Maxon writes.

Here is the National Weather Service’s Manchester-specific forecast (as of the 9:53 a.m. update):

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27. North wind around 8 mph.
• Wednesday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. Northeast wind 3 to 6 mph.
• Thursday: A chance of snow, mainly after 8 a.m. Cloudy, with a high near 27. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
• Thursday night: A chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Wind chill values as low as -2. Light northwest wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 13. Northwest wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.
• Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -3.
• Saturday: A chance of snow after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 18. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.
• Saturday night: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 8. Chance of precipitation is 50 percent.
• Sunday: A chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 14. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.
• Sunday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -4.
• Washington’s Birthday: Sunny, with a high near 17.
• Monday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 0.
• Tuesday: A chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 26. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

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