Connecticut Weather: Heavy Snow Now, Ice Concerns Later: Latest Updates

The meteorologists accurately predicted this storm for Connecticut. Several days ago they were predicting accumulating snow for the entire state on Saturday morning, and that is exactly what’s happening right now.

The only last minute change is that we’re going to see a bit more snow and ice than originally anticipated and that is because temps will remain colder longer than originally thought.

The National Weather Service is continuing its Winter Weather Advisory until the early afternoon for all of Connecticut.

For Southern Connecticut including Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, and New London counties you can expect snow to accumulate 3-4 inches on the coast and 4-6 inches inland. But then some ice is forecast, which will cause major concerns on the roads. Up to a tenth of an inch of ice is forecast

Snow will change to freezing rain mid to late this morning before ending early this afternoon, the National Weather Service states.

In Hartford and Tolland counties snow will accumulate 4-6 inches along with a trace amount of ice.

Snow will continue to fall moderately to heavy at times and there could be snowfall rates of up to one inch per hour. The snow may change to a light freezing rain between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. before ending as some drizzle or freezing drizzle by mid to late afternoon. Travel is expected to be slippery here.

NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan in a morning blog post writes that snowfall accumulation estimates have increased on the immediate shoreline and he can see 4-5 inches now in the New Haven area. He also said ice will be a bigger story in the late morning and early afternoon too.

The worst of the storm is between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m., Hanrahan wrote.

On Facebook Live, WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons said the worst of the heavy snow rolls through 9 a.m. and he urged people to stay off the roads until later this morning. He said it’s snowing at three quarters of an inch an hour in the state.

Sunday of course features rain and temps into the mid 50s.