Hour-by-Hour Connecticut Snow Forecast

As we already know in Connecticut, it's snowing outside. The snow started to fall after 10 a.m. in western parts of the state, and by noon snow was falling everywhere. This is the reason why more than 500 schools across the state are dismissing early this afternoon. Numerous accidents have already been reported on Connecticut highways, and the heaviest snow is yet to come.

Again, this isn't storm of the century material, as we're looking at between 1-4 inches of snow for most of the state, but the timing is the biggest concern.

NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan said the good news is that the storm will be a "quick hitter."

"The heaviest burst will be between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.," Hanrahan said on his Facebook page. ..."roads will go downhill quickly this afternoon! What are you seeing?"

"All sorts of problems on the roads - I-95 southbound is shutdown in Madison and I-91 northbound is shutdown in New Haven near exit 8. Not much snow but enough to cause problems out there. Take it easy if you're traveling," Hanrahan said on his Facebook page.

In a Facebook Live post, WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons said the worst of the snow will be between 3-5 p.m. this afternoon and that it will taper off for much of the state by 6:30 p.m. He said there may still be snow showers in isolated parts of the state after 6:30 p.m., but most of the heavier snow will end by 6:30 p.m.

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Simmons showed in an hour-by-hour look at the forecast snow still on the Shoreline or I-95 corridor at 5 p.m. and by 7 p.m. most of the snow was out of the state, though there was some snow showers still in Litchfield, Hartford and New London counties at 7 p.m., and that could linger until 9 p.m.

Simmons said the good news is that the snow is light and fluffy but still plowable. He said there just isn't a ton of moisture associated with this storm for us to get a lot of snow accumulation. He added that temps will actually rise tonight and into the 40s on Wednesday.