WEATHER ALERT: More Snow Forecast for Mansfield on Thursday

By Brian McCready and Barbara Heins (Patch Staff)

Not again!

There is another chance for accumulating snow in the near future as a winter storm could dump up to six inches of snow on Connecticut on Thursday, but the confidence in that prediction currently is low, according to local meteorologists.

Here’s what we currently know about the latest snow threat and the hazardous weather outlook issued by the National Weather Service.

WFSB 3 TV Meteorologist Scott Haney says the state could see between 2-4 or possibly 3-6 inches of new snow accumulation by early Friday morning. The snow could begin after noon on Thursday.

“(Weather) models don’t agree, so confidence is low regarding this part of the forecast,” Haney wrote for WFSB 3.

NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Brad Field says the exact track of the storm will be the key in determining whether we get a few inches or a few snow flurries from this latest snow threat.

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons is currently predicting a “round of accumulating snow likely” on Thursday.

And after this snowfall, it’s going to get cold, really cold — temperatures will drop like a rock and bottom out at -5 to -13 degrees by Sunday night.

The silver lining in the latest weather cloud? There are only 38 days until spring!

And here is what the National Weather Service is predicting for Mansfield and Storrs in their latest hyperlocal forecast for Thursday’s snow event.

• Thursday: Snow likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 26. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
  
• Thursday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, with a low around 11. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
  

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Photo credit: Barbara Heins.