Snow Possible on First Day of Spring in Manchester

It looks like it really will be snowing on the first day of spring.

The National Weather Service is predicting 2-3 inches of snow for some parts of the state, but Manchester only has a 50 percent chance of snow.

The exact amount of accumulation is still very much up in the air, but it is expected that the coast will get the brunt of the minor storm.

WFSB 3 TV Meteorologist Scot Haney writes that snow or a wintry mix will develop by Friday evening. He wrote two models show just very light snow or a wintry mix, but one model shows a “more robust storm.”

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons wrote Wednesday morning that the wet snow will begin in the afternoon and evening hours on Friday and a few inches of accumulation is possible especially the closer to the shore you are.

Here is the Manchester-specific forecast from the National Weather Service (as of the 12:53 p.m. update):

• Wednesday afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph.
• Wednesday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 16. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 36. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
• Thursday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Friday: A chance of snow, mainly after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Friday night: A chance of snow. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Saturday: A chance of snow before 9am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35.Sunday NightMostly clear, with a low around 14.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 36.
• Monday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 20.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

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