Simsbury Blizzard 2015 Coverage: What You Need to Know: No School on Tuesay

This page on Simsbury Patch will be continually updated to keep you up to date with everything we can find about the Monday-Tuesday storm in connection with Simsbury. If it isn’t reported on fully here, you’ll find a link here to more information elsewhere. If you have news about closings (even for an individual business) or other information about the storm that people in Simsbury should know about, email us at simsbury@patch.com.

Update, 5:22 p.m.:

Simsbury Public Schools will be closed on Tuesday, according to WFSB-TV.

Anyone with tickets to see Thoroughly Modern Millie will want to know this announcement from the Home page of Simsbury Public Schools: “Due to the blizzard and loss of rehearsal time, Thoroughly Modern Millie will open on Saturday, Jan. 31. There is NO snow performance on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Friday ticket holders will receive an email with instructions.”

Update, 3:21 p.m.:

Simsbury Library is closing at 5 p.m. on Monday, according to the Home page of its website. They don’t seem to certain that they’re going to open on Tuesday, either: “Due to the storm, the Library is closing at 5 pm today, January 26th. (For information about Tuesday, please call Town Hall at 860-658-3200).”

Original article:

Simsbury Public Schools are closing early on Monday.

Here’s the Simsbury-specific forecast as of now from the National Weather Service (as of the 8:51 a.m. update; visit the weather service’s Simsbury page for hourly updates):

• Monday: Snow, mainly after 11am. High near 21. North wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
• Tonight: Snow with areas of blowing snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 18. North wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 10 to 14 inches possible.
• Tuesday: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 22. North wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 9 to 13 inches possible.
• Tuesday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 13. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Wednesday: A slight chance of snow showers before 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 24. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 4.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 29.
• Thursday Night: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 22. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Friday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Friday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 23.
• Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9.
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 21.