Special Weather Statement Issued For Southern Connecticut

A Special Weather Statement has been issued for Southern Connecticut this morning for slippery road conditions due to this morning's ice storm.

The National Weather Service says, "While precipitation has ended, there remains some locations with temperatures at or below freezing. For these locations, there will still be some icy spots from earlier freezing rain and freezing drizzle on any untreated surfaces. This will result in some localized slippery conditions. Use extra caution if traveling this morning. Temperatures are expected to rise above freezing areawide by around 9am."

Several schools have delayed openings this morning and numerous crashes have been reported.

And we're watching a rainstorm for this weekend.

Here are some snow and ice totals from around the region:

Fairfield County...

Weston 2.0
Mill Plain 1.2
Easton 1.0
Bridgeport Airport 1.0

New Haven County
North Haven 0.7

Extended forecast for Southern CT:

Today
Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 49. Wind chill values between 30 and 40 early. West wind 6 to 11 mph.

Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Wind chill values between 25 and 35. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Light and variable wind.

Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Light and variable wind becoming east around 6 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night
Rain, mainly after 9pm. Low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday
Rain before noon, then a chance of showers after noon. High near 53. Chance of precipitation is 80%.