CT Weather: Hour-By-Hour Forecast Of 2nd 'Major' Nor'easter Snow

You’ve heard and read about this snowstorm for almost a week now and it’s finally almost here. Now we’ll know late Wednesday whether it lived up to all of its hype. A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect for most of Connecticut for Wednesday and early Thursday morning. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the coast of Middlesex and New London counties where rain will mix in and keep snow totals down.

It appears that light snow will enter the state in time for the morning commute but that the heaviest snow accumulation is expected in the late morning, afternoon and early evening hours. The evening commute home will be very difficult. It’s clear the farther west you are, the more snow you’re expected to receive from this storm.

Here are the latest snow estimates from the National Weather Service. For all of Fairfield County, inland areas of New Haven County and inland areas of Middlesex County, the weather service says 7 to 12 inches of snow is expected. Snowfall rates in the afternoon will be 1 to 2 inches per hour.

For the coast of New Haven County 4 to 8 inches of snow is expected. The coast of New London County will see 2 to 4 inches of snow. Inland sections of New London County will see 4 to 7 inches of snow. The coast of Middlesex County is expected to receive 2 to 5 inches of snow.

Hartford, Tolland and Windham counties are expected to receive 8 to 12 inches of snow and the weather service says travel during the evening commute will be very difficult due to snowfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour. Litchfield County is expected to receive 12 to 18 inches of snow.

Here is the breakdown of temps, chance of precipitation and how much snow is expected to fall where you live:

Fairfield County coast

6 a.m.: 34 degrees; 64 percent chance of precipitation

9 a.m: 34 degrees; 80 percent chance of precipitation

Noon: 35 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

3 p.m.: 35 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

6 p.m.: 36 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

9 p.m.: 35 degrees; 85 percent chance of precipitation

Midnight: 34 degrees; 71 percent chance of precipitation

3 a.m.: 33 degrees; 31 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected to begin anytime after 5 a.m. and it won’t taper off until midnight. A total of seven inches of snow is expected. The heaviest of the snow is expected between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Fairfield County inland

6 a.m.: 32 degrees; 75 percent chance of precipitation

9 a.m: 34 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

Noon: 34 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

3 p.m.: 34 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

6 p.m.: 34 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

9 p.m.: 33 degrees; 80 percent chance of precipitation

Midnight: 31 degrees; 70 percent chance of precipitation

3 a.m.: 31 degrees; 20 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected to begin anytime after 5 a.m. and it won’t taper off until midnight. A total of one foot of snow is expected. The heaviest of the snow is expected between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.

New Haven County coast

6 a.m.: 34 degrees; 77 percent chance of precipitation

9 a.m: 34 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

Noon: 36 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

3 p.m.: 36 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

6 p.m.: 37 degrees; 96 percent chance of precipitation

9 p.m.: 34 degrees; 84 percent chance of precipitation

Midnight: 33 degrees; 42 percent chance of precipitation

3 a.m.: 33 degrees; 37 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected to begin anytime after 7 a.m. and it won’t taper off until midnight. A total of 4.5 inches of snow is expected. The heaviest of the snow is expected between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

New Haven County inland

6 a.m.: 34 degrees; 77 percent chance of precipitation

9 a.m: 36 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

Noon: 36 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

3 p.m.: 36 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

6 p.m.: 37 degrees; 90 percent chance of precipitation

9 p.m.: 37 degrees; 82 percent chance of precipitation

Midnight: 34 degrees; 44 percent chance of precipitation

3 a.m.: 33 degrees; 27 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected to begin anytime after 7 a.m. and it won’t taper off until midnight. A total of 4.7 inches of snow is expected. The heaviest of the snow is expected between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Middlesex County

6 a.m.: 33 degrees; 77 percent chance of precipitation

9 a.m: 36 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

Noon: 36 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

3 p.m.: 35 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

6 p.m.: 36 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

9 p.m.: 36 degrees; 88 percent chance of precipitation

Midnight: 34 degrees; 51 percent chance of precipitation

3 a.m.: 32 degrees; 33 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected to begin anytime after 7 a.m. and it won’t taper off until midnight. A total of 8.7 inches of snow is expected. The heaviest of the snow is expected between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m.

New London County

6 a.m.: 35 degrees; 69 percent chance of precipitation

9 a.m: 37 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

Noon: 37 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

3 p.m.: 37 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

6 p.m.: 36 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

9 p.m.: 39 degrees; 82 percent chance of precipitation

Midnight: 36 degrees; 52 percent chance of precipitation

3 a.m.: 34 degrees; 31 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected to begin anytime after 5 a.m. and end around 4 p.m. There will be a change to plain rain until around 10 p.m. and then the rain will end as a brief period of snow. A total of 2.7 of snow is expected.

Hartford County

6 a.m.: 33 degrees; 42 percent chance of precipitation

9 a.m: 37 degrees; 65 percent chance of precipitation

Noon: 36 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

3 p.m.: 33 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

6 p.m.: 33 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

9 p.m.: 34 degrees; 77 percent chance of precipitation

Midnight: 33 degrees; 55 percent chance of precipitation

3 a.m.: 32 degrees; 42 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected to begin anytime after 1 p.m. and it won’t taper off until 3 a.m. Thursday. A total of 5.6 inches of snow is expected. In the morning on Wednesday some light rain is forecast before snow begins in the early afternoon.

Tolland County

6 a.m.: 29 degrees; 37 percent chance of precipitation

9 a.m: 32 degrees; 61 percent chance of precipitation

Noon: 33 degrees; 90 percent chance of precipitation

3 p.m.: 32 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

6 p.m.: 32 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

9 p.m.: 34 degrees; 81 percent chance of precipitation

Midnight: 32 degrees; 61 percent chance of precipitation

3 a.m.: 31 degrees; 55 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected to begin anytime after 10 a.m. and it won’t taper off until 4 a.m. A total of 10 inches of snow is expected. The heaviest of the snow is expected between 1 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Litchfield County

6 a.m.: 28 degrees; 60 percent chance of precipitation

9 a.m: 32 degrees; 66 percent chance of precipitation

Noon: 32 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

3 p.m.: 33 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

6 p.m.: 34 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

9 p.m.: 34 degrees; 88 percent chance of precipitation

Midnight: 33 degrees; 64 percent chance of precipitation

3 a.m.: 30 degrees; 52 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected to begin anytime after 8 a.m. and it won’t taper off until 2 a.m. A total of 13.5 inches of snow is expected. The heaviest of the snow is expected between 1 p.m. and 7 p.m.

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