'Crippling and Potentially Historic Blizzard' Takes Aim at Meriden

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Calling it a “crippling and potentially historic blizzard” the National Weather Service is advising against traveling Meriden. As much as 35 inches of snow is expected to fall.
The National Weather Service just scrapped its Blizzard Watch and replaced it with a Blizzard Warning, which begins at 1 p.m. Monday and runs until midnight.
The National Weather Service predicts that snow will fall at a rate of 2-4 inches of snow per hour.

The details:

A slight chance of snow before 9 a.m. Snow will progress durign the day and about one to two inches is expected to fall.

Snow intensifies Monday night and the heaviest snow is forecast from midnight Tuesday until Tuesday afternoon. About 11 to 17 inches is expected to fall during the night

Another 10 to 16 inches is expected to fall Tuesday.

The National Weather Service is not playing around when it comes to the severity of this storm saying it could lead to “life-threatening conditions” and that traveling will be “extremely dangerous.”

White-out conditions are expected and if you do travel the National Weather Service urges you to bring a survival kit.