WEATHER UPDATE: Long Duration Snow, Ice and Rain Storm to Hit Simsbury

By Brian McCready (Patch Staff)

Another Monday in Connecticut must mean another storm that dumped snow on the state and led to mass school delays and cancellations.

The latest storm dumped 3 to 6 inches of snow on the state and the big winner, I guess you can call it that, was Milford, receiving 7 inches of snow, according to WFSB 3 TV.

Enjoy the next 24 hours, because then we’ll want to fast-forward to Friday.

Beginning Tuesday evening and through Thursday we’ll be dealing with snow, ice, rain, snow and ice again, and then it’s finally over. Yes, there will be precipitation falling from the sky for almost three days.

Spring is still allegedly coming later this month.

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Here are the specifics on the long-duration storm headed our way.

WFSB 3 TV reports snow will begin falling Tuesday evening and be steady by 7 p.m. and then it will change to freezing rain and then plain rain on Wednesday.

NBC Connecticut reports the state will receive another 1 to 4 inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain, which will make Wednesday’s morning commute very messy. It’s plain rain for most of Wednesday as the temperatures approach 40, but a return to ice and snow on Thursday morning.

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WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons writes that we should enjoy today as it will be 35-40 degrees but the wind chill factor will make it feel much colder.

As for the next big storm, Simmons writes, the wet snow begins between 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, just in time for the ride home from work, and then it changes late Tuesday to freezing rain and ice through midnight.

On Wednesday, it’s rain throughout the day and then the rain changes back to wet snow on Thursday and the temperatures plummet and everything freezes again, Simmons cautions.

The only good news is that the rain won’t be heavy on Wednesday so that should minimize flooding concerns, he writes.

Here is the latest National Weather Service hyperlocal forecast for Simsbury (as of the 9:51 a.m. update).

• Monday: A slight chance of snow showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 33. Northwest wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Monday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.
• Tuesday: A chance of snow, mainly after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 32. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
• Tuesday night: Snow and sleet before 1am, then freezing rain and sleet between 1am and 4am, then freezing rain likely after 4am. Low around 26. South wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
• Wednesday: Freezing rain likely before 10am, then a chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 41. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Wednesday night: A chance of snow and sleet before 11pm, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 23. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Thursday: A chance of snow before 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Thursday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 26.

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