WEATHER UPDATE: Rain, Sleet, Snow Coming to Woodbridge, Bethany

By Brian McCready (Patch Staff)

If you took our advice and made plans to call out of work on Thursday, you may want to reconsider that based on the latest complicated weather forecast for Thursday’s snow or for some of you, lack of snow being forecast now.

According to Connecticut’s leading meteorologists this could be an almost all-or-nothing snow event late Wednesday into midday Thursday. We will continue to update this.

It is still possible communities along the Interstate 95 corridor could receive between 3 and 6 inches of snow including: southern Fairfield, southern Middlesex, southern New Haven, and southern New London counties. (For both Woodbridge and Bethany, the National Weather Service forecast is 2 to 5 inches of snow.)

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for those areas listed below beginning at 7 p.m. tonight. For areas more inland a couple of inches of snow is possible, but that is still not certain.

While the National Weather Service is predicting up to six inches is still possible for the Connecticut Shoreline, no Connecticut meteorologist is making that same prediction as of Wednesday morning.

WFSB Meteorologist Scot Haney is predicting only 2 to 3 inches of snow for the southern half of the state, and just 1 to 2 inches for the northern half of the state including Hartford and Tolland counties.

In reality, this type of accumulation, especially after the winter we’ve had, would be classified as a dud, but the only complication is that the precipitation could be falling right in the middle of Thursday’s morning commute to work and school.

NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Bob Maxon predicts up to four inches of new accumulation is possible with the highest amounts along the I-95 corridor, less inland.

WTNH News 8’s Meteorologist Gil Simmons is predicting 2-4 inches for Connecticut and less inland. But the good news is, he writes 50s are possible by the middle of next week.

Woodbridge Forecast

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

• Wednesday: Periods of rain, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all rain after noon. High near 38. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.
• Wednesday night: Rain, snow, and sleet, becoming all snow after midnight. Low around 19. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Thursday: Snow, mainly before 4pm. High near 23. Wind chill values between 10 and 15. North wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
• Thursday night: A chance of snow before 7pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 7. Wind chill values between zero and 5. North wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 21. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.

Bethany Forecast

Here’s the weather service’s latest Bethany-specific forecast (as of the 9:50 a.m. update):

• Wednesday: Periods of rain, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all rain after noon. High near 38. West wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.
• Wednesday night: Rain and sleet likely before 8pm, then rain, snow, and sleet likely between 8pm and 10pm, then snow after 10pm. Low around 18. North wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Thursday: Snow, mainly before 4pm. High near 22. Wind chill values between 10 and 15. North wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
• Thursday night: A chance of snow before 7pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 6. Wind chill values between zero and 5. North wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Friday: Sunny and cold, with a high near 20. Light and variable wind.

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