WEATHER UPDATE: Long Duration Snow, Ice and Rain Storm to Hit Waterford

Written By Brian McCready (Patch Staff)

Another Monday in Connecticut must mean another storm that dumped snow on the state and led to mass school delays and cancellations.

The latest storm dumped 3 to 6 inches of snow on the state and the big winner (I guess you can call it that) was Milford receiving 7 inches of snow, according to WFSB 3.

Enjoy the next 24 hours, because then we’ll want to fast-forward to Friday.

Beginning Tuesday evening and through Thursday we’ll be dealing with snow, ice, rain, snow and ice again, and then it’s finally over. Yes, there will be precipitation falling from the sky for almost three days.

But don’t forget — the first day of spring is Friday, March 20, and the sunlight lingers longer each day!

Here are the specifics on the long-duration storm headed our way. The National Weather Service is predicting a total of three to seven inches of snow for Waterford, during this storm.

WFSB 3 TV reports snow will begin falling Tuesday evening, steadily by 7 p.m., and then it will change to freezing rain and then plain rain on Wednesday.

NBC Connecticut reports the state will receive another 1 to 4 inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain, which will make Wednesday’s morning commute very messy. It’s plain rain for most of Wednesday as the temperature approaches 40, but we’ll see a return to ice and snow on Thursday morning.

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons writes that we should enjoy today as it will be 35-40 degrees but the wind chill factor will make it feel much colder.

As for the next big storm, Simmons writes, the wet snow begins between 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, just in time for the ride home from work, and then it changes late Tuesday to freezing rain and ice through midnight.

On Wednesday, it will rain throughout the day and then the rain changes back to wet snow on Thursday and the temperatures plummet and everything freezes again, Simmons cautions.

The only good news is that the rain won’t be heavy on Wednesday so that should minimize flooding concerns, he writes.

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