East Hampton, Portland's Latest Snow Forecast

Written By Brian McCready (Patch Staff) and Jaimie Cura

The projected accumulation totals for this latest winter storm isn’t the real story here. The real news is that the snow will be still be falling during Thursday morning’s commute, so please use caution when driving.

The storm itself isn’t that impressive. The National Weather Service rescinded its Winter Storm Watch for southern Fairfield, southern New Haven, southern Middlesex, and southern New London counties.

Now there is a Winter Weather Advisory in effect for those areas listed above for a potential of 2 to 5 inches of snow, which begins after midnight Wednesday and ends early Thursday afternoon.

For the rest of the state? Nothing — no advisories or Hazardous Weather Outlooks. That doesn’t mean you won’t see any snow, but it’s not enough to warrant an advisory.

The rest of Connecticut, including northern Fairfield, northern New Haven, northern Middlesex, northern New London, Hartford, and Tolland counties could all receive 1 to 3 inches of snow.

Overall, nothing impressive, especially after the winter we’ve had. Let’s hope this is the last storm of the winter!

Your Local Forecast:

• Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow before 11 p.m., then snow. Low around 21. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

• Thursday: Snow likely, mainly before 1 p.m. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 21 by 10 a.m. Wind chill values between 10 and 15. Northwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

• Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 7. North wind 3 to 6 mph.

• Friday: Sunny, with a high near 26. Wind chill values between zero and 10. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.

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