WEATHER UPDATE: Winter Storm Watch Issued for Fairfield

Well, if you were planning on calling out to work Thursday based on Tuesday’s prediction, you might want to reconsider that based on the latest complicated weather forecast for Thursday’s snow, or for some of you, the lack of snow that is in the forecast now.

According to Connecticut’s leading meteorologists this could be an almost all-or-nothing snow event late Wednesday into midday Thursday. We will continue to update this.

It’s still possible that communities along the Interstate 95 corridor could receive between 3-6 inches of snow, including: southern Fairfield, southern Middlesex, southern New Haven, and southern New London counties.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for those areas listed beginning at 7 p.m. tonight. For areas more inland a couple of inches of snow is possible, but that’s still not certain.

While the National Weather Service is predicting that up to 6 inches of snow is possible for the Connecticut Shoreline, no Connecticut meteorologist is making that same prediction as of Wednesday morning.

WFSB Meteorologist Scot Haney is predicting only 2-3 inches of snow for the southern half of the state, and just 1-2 inches for the northern half of the state including Hartford and Tolland counties.

Realistically, this type of accumulation — especially after the winter we’ve had — would be classified as a dud, but the fact that the precipitation could be falling right in the middle of Thursday morning’s commute to work and school complicates things.

NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Bob Maxon predicts up to 4 inches of new accumulation is possible with the highest amounts along the I-95 corridor, less inland.

WTNH News 8’s Meteorologist Gil Simmons is predicting 2-4 inches for Connecticut and less inland. But the good news is, he writes 50s are possible by the middle of next week.

Here is the latest National Weather Service hyperlocal Fairfield forecast:

• Today: Periods of rain, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all rain after noon. High near 37. West wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.
• Tonight: Rain and sleet likely before 10pm, then rain, snow, and sleet between 10pm and 2am, then snow after 2am. Low around 22. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Thursday: Snow, mainly before 4pm. High near 25. Wind chill values between 10 and 15. North wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.
• Thursday Night: A chance of snow before 7pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 9. Wind chill values between zero and 5. North wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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