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

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 Wilton.

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 Wilton’s latest hyperlocal forecast from the National Weather Service:

• This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 20 and 25. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.
• Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 16. Wind chill values between 5 and 10. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph.
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 35. Wind chill values between 5 and 15. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph.
• Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Friday: Snow, mainly after 10am. High near 34. 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. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45.
• Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.SundayMostly sunny, with a high near 36.
• Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 19.

Image Credit: Lisle, IL Patch reader Janae Kinn

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