WEATHER UPDATE: Snow and Ice Accumulation Prediction Made for Westport

The National Weather Service is predicting there will be precipitation falling for the next 18 hours or so and all we’re expecting to receive is an accumulation of 1-3 inches of snow, and a quarter inch of ice accumulation.

The National Weather Service has posted a Winter Weather Advisory for the area and states in its bulletin, that a light mix precipitation will develop today and grow steader this evening and continue into Monday morning before ending late Monday.

This appears to be more of a nuisance storm as the ice accumulation will clearly be the biggest threat.

And of course the heaviest accumulation is predicted for early Monday, which could impact Monday’s commute to work.

But there is some good news once we get past this latest storm, there appears to be no new snow chances as of right now in the National Weather Service’s seven day forecast through Saturday. Of course that can always change too.

Here is Westport’s latest hyperlocal weather forecast from the National Weather Service:

Sunday, A chance of snow and freezing rain before 4pm, then a chance of freezing rain and sleet. Cloudy, with a high near 34. Wind chill values between 25 and 30. East wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight A chance of snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 10pm, then snow and freezing rain. Low around 26. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 4pm, then snow and freezing rain. High near 31. Wind chill values between 15 and 20. Northeast wind around 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.2 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday Night Snow and freezing rain before 4am, then a chance of snow. Low around 24. Wind chill values between 15 and 20. North wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday A slight chance of snow before 10am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 34. North wind around 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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