WEATHER UPDATE: National Weather Service Makes Snow Accumulation Prediction for Oxford

Old Man Winter just won’t quit. It looks like it really will be snowing on the first day of spring and the National Weather Service is predicting 2-3 inches of snow for the area.

The snow is expected to begin falling Friday afternoon, right in time for the evening commute, and to continue into early Saturday. Up to a few inches of heavy wet snow accumulation is also possible.

The exact amount of accumulation is still very much up in the air but the National Weather Service offered its first prediction Wednesday.

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 Oxford’s latest hyperlocal forecast from the National Weather Service:

• This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 32. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.
• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 14. Wind chill values between 5 and 10. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 33. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph.
• Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Friday: Snow, mainly after 2pm. High near 34. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Friday Night: Snow likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43.
• Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34.

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