WEATHER UPDATE: Snow to Have 'Big Impact' on Tuesday's Evening Commute

You might want to sneak out of work a little early today, probably by 4 p.m., just to be on the safe side.

And you might want to consider options for Thursday because more than 6 inches of snow could fall late Wednesday into Thursday afternoon.

Yes, more snow is forecast for tonight’s commute home from work, expected to begin falling around 4 p.m., and it could be relatively heavy in intensity before it changes to ice late Tuesday, and then some light rain showers on Wednesday.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the entire state of Connecticut from 3 p.m. today until 10 a.m. Wednesday.

A total of 2 to 4 inches is expected, but what has prominent Connecticut meteorologists concerned is the icing that is going to occur and that could make Wednesday morning’s commute “treacherous,” writes WFSB 3 TV Meteorologist Scott Haney.

And the ride home from work tonight won’t be a walk in the park either.

NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Bob Maxon predicts snow will begin tonight after 4 p.m. and it will have a “big impact on the evening commute.”

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons writes that it will be a “very rough commute” home tonight, and “snow and dangerous freezing rain and sleet” will impact Wednesday morning’s commute.

Simmons predicts snow could begin falling by 4 p.m. in Western Connecticut and by 6 p.m. in Eastern Connecticut.

As for Thursday’s potential snowstorm?

“I may have to go into hiding if current guidance verifies Thursday. Models aggressive with moisture plume & cold air Thursday morning,” Simmons wrote on Facebook.

NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Brad Field wrote on Facebook “thinking late Wednesday night/Thursday snow could be substantial...still a bit too early to be more certain…”

Here is the latest hyper local forecast from the National Weather Service for Ellington and Somers:

• This Afternoon: A chance of snow, mainly after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
• Tonight: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all freezing rain after 3am. Patchy fog after midnight. Low around 26. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.
• Wednesday: A chance of rain or freezing rain before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain after 3pm. Patchy fog between 11am and noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 41. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 9pm, then a chance of snow and sleet between 9pm and midnight, then snow likely after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 22. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
• Thursday: Snow likely, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog between 8am and 2pm. Patchy freezing fog before 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 24. Northwest wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
• Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 4.

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