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FORECAST:
A weak clipper system from Alberta will bring light rain and snow showers today in western Connecticut. This morning, temperatures are above freezing along the I-95 corridor and southward.
Temperatures will continue to climb throughout the day, and these areas will remain above freezing when the wet weather arrives. However, in northern Fairfield and New Haven counties, rain showers will transition into snow showers. In Litchfield County this will be an all-snow event.
Wednesday Storm Timing
- 4 p.m. to 11p.m.
- All rain for shore communities
- Rain to start in northern Fairfield and New Haven, then wet snowflakes to finish.
- Snow showers for Litchfield County
Wednesday Storm Impacts
- Up to 1" of snow in Litchfield County
- A trace of snow in northern Fairfield and Litchfield counties
- Untreated surfaces will be icy statewide on Thursday morning
What's next?
It will be bitter cold on Thursday and Friday with dry conditions and wind gusts 20-30 mph.
Temperatures will feel like the teens and 20s all day. Thursday is breezier than Friday, but both days will be dangerously cold.
For the weekend, light snow showers are expected on Saturday and Sunday. Temperatures will be cold enough for precipitation to be entirely snow, however snow accumulations are expected to be minor, under 2", however, it's worth monitoring this situation especially for our communities along the Long Island Sound because these areas have not seen snow yet this season.
