WEATHER UPDATE: Hour-by Hour Forecast of Snow, Rain for Bucks County

Rain expected to fall in Bucks County Tuesday will likely switch over to snow on Wednesday, with 2-4 inches of accumulation possible by Thursday.

Here is a breakdown of the local forecast over the next three days, according to the National Weather Service:

Tuesday: Snow likely before 5 pm, then sleet, possibly mixed with snow. High near 30. South wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday night: Freezing rain and sleet before 8 pm, then freezing rain between 8pm and 11pm, then rain after 11pm. Temperature rising to around 37 by 5am. Southwest wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain. High near 44. West wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday night: Rain and snow before 11p.m., then snow and sleet between 11p.m. and 1a.m., then snow after 1a.m. Low around 25. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday: Snow likely, mainly before 1p.m. Cloudy, with a high near 29. Chance of precipitation is 80 percent. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 5

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