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

It looks like it really will be snowing on the first day of spring. The National Weather Service is predicting 1-2 inches of snow for the area.

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

The exact amount of accumulation is still very much up in the air but the National Weather Service offered it’s first prediction Wednesday on possible snowfall accumulation.

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 latest hyperlocal forecast from the National Weather Service:

Thursday Sunny, with a high near 36. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph.

Thursday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 21. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday Snow, mainly after 10am. High near 35. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 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. Cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Saturday Partly sunny, with a high near 45.