Snow Possible on First Day of Spring in Simsbury

It looks like it really will be snowing on the first day of spring.

The National Weather Service is predicting 2-3 inches of snow for some parts of the state, but there’s only a 50 percent chance of snow.

The exact amount of accumulation is still very much up in the air, but it is expected that the coast will get the brunt of the minor storm.

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 the Simsbury-specific forecast from the National Weather Service (as of the 1:51 p.m. update):

• Wednesday afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 46 mph.
• Wednesday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 16. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 36. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
• Thursday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 19. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Friday: A chance of snow, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Friday night: A chance of snow. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
• Saturday: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 47.
• Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35.
• Sunday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 14.
• Monday: Sunny, with a high near 35.
• Monday night: Mostly clear, with a low around 20.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

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