WEATHER UPDATE: Long Duration Snow, Ice and Rain Storm to Hit Enfield

Another Monday in Connecticut must mean another storm that dumped snow on the state and led to mass school delays and cancellations.

The latest storm dumped 3 to 6 inches of snow on the state and the big winner, I guess you can call it that, was Milford receiving 7 inches of snow, according to WFSB 3 TV.

Enjoy the next 24 hours, because then we’ll want to fast-forward to Friday.

Beginning Tuesday evening and through Thursday we’ll be dealing with snow, ice, rain, snow and ice again, and then it’s finally over. Yes, there will be precipitation falling from the sky for almost three days.

Spring is still allegedly coming later this month?

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Here are the specifics on the long-duration storm headed our way.

WFSB 3 TV reports snow will begin falling Tuesday evening and be steady by 7 p.m. and then it will change to freezing rain and then plain rain on Wednesday.

NBC Connecticut reports the state will receive another 1 to 4 inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain, which will make Wednesday’s morning commute very messy. It’s plain rain for most of Wednesday as the temperatures approach 40, but a return to ice and snow on Thursday morning.

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons writes that we should enjoy today as it will be 35-40 degrees but the wind chill factor will make it feel much colder.

As for the next big storm, Simmons writes, the wet snow begins between 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, just in time for the ride home from work, and then it changes late Tuesday to freezing rain and ice through midnight.

On Wednesday, it’s rain throughout the day and then the rain changes back to wet snow on Thursday and the temperatures plummet and everything freezes again, Simmons cautions.

The only good news is that the rain won’t be heavy on Wednesday so that should minimize flooding concerns, he writes.

Here is the latest National Weather Service hyperlocal forecast for Enfield:

• Tuesday: A chance of snow, mainly after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 31. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
  
• Tuesday Night: Snow and sleet before 2am, then sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain. Low around 25. South wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.
  
• Wednesday: Freezing rain likely before 11am, then a chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 38. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain before 9pm, then a slight chance of snow and sleet between 9pm and 11pm, then a chance of snow after 11pm. Cloudy, with a low around 23. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  
• Thursday: A chance of snow before 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  

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