ENFIELD 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 while you’re at it, you might want to call out in advance for Thursday, where more than six inches of snow is possible late Wednesday into Thursday afternoon.

Yes, more snow is forecast for tonight’s commute home from work, as snow is expected to begin falling around 4 p.m. and 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 are expected, but what has prominent Connecticut meteorologists concerned is the icing that is going to occur, and could make Wednesday morning’s commute “treacherous,” writes WFSB 3 TV Meteorologist Scott Haney.

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And the ride home from work tonight won’t be easy either.

NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Bob Maxon predicts snow begins 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 Enfield’s latest hyperlocal forecast from the National Weather Service:

• Today: A chance of snow after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 28. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. 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 4am. Patchy fog after midnight. Low around 26. South wind 8 to 10 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 1pm, then a slight chance of rain after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 42. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  
• Wednesday Night: A chance of rain, snow, and sleet before 11pm, then snow likely. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 22. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
  
• Thursday: Snow likely, mainly before 10am. Patchy fog before 2pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 24. Northwest wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  

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