WEATHER UPDATE: National Weather Service Makes Snow Accumulation Prediction for Westport

By Brian McCready (Patch Staff)

It looks like it really will be snowing on the first day of spring. The National Weather Service is predicting 2-3 inches of snow for the area.

The snow is forecast to begin to fall Friday afternoon right in time for the evening commute, and continue into early Saturday, and up to a few inches of heavy wet snow accumulation is possible.

The exact amount of accumulation is still very much up in the air but the National Weather Service offered its first prediction Wednesday on possible snowfall accumulation.

WFSB 3 TV Meteorologist Scot Haney writes that snow or a wintry mix will develop by Friday evening. He wrote two models show just very light snow or a wintry mix, but one model shows a “more robust storm.”

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons wrote Wednesday morning that the wet snow will begin in the afternoon and evening hours on Friday and a few inches of accumulation is possible especially the closer to the shore you are.

Here’s the weather service’s Westport-specific forecast (as of the 12:52 p.m. update):

• Wednesday afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.
• Wednesday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Wind chill values between 10 and 15. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 37. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
• Thursday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Friday: Snow, mainly after 10am. High near 35. Southeast wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Friday night: Snow likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45.
• Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.
• Sunday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 21.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 38.
• Monday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.