WEATHER UPDATE: Hazardous Weather Outlook Is Issued for Mansfield

If you took our advice and made plans to call out of work on Thursday, you may want to reconsider, based on the latest complicated weather forecast for Thursday’s snow.

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 is still possible communities along the Interstate 95 corridor could receive between 3 and 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 beginning at 7 o’clock tonight. For areas more inland, a couple of inches of snow may be possible where the National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook.

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While the National Weather Service is predicting up to six inches is still possible for the Connecticut Shoreline, none of Connecticut’s meteorologists is making that same prediction as of Wednesday morning.

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

In reality, this type of accumulation, especially after the winter we’ve had, would be classified as a dud, but the only complication is that the precipitation could be falling right in the middle of Thursday’s morning commute to work and school.

NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Bob Maxon predicts up to four 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 forecast for Mansfield and Storrs:

• Today: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 41. West wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
  
• Tonight: A chance of rain and snow before 9pm, then snow likely. Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 20. Light northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
  
• Thursday: Snow likely, mainly before 8am. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 24. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
  
• Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 7. Wind chill values as low as -1. Northwest wind around 6 mph.
  

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