Winter Weather Advisory Issued for Canton

It’s here, the long-duration significant storm will arrive in time for the evening commute and may be with us until Thursday afternoon.

For most of the state except New London County we may seen some snow later this afternoon especially for the evening commute home from work.

The National Weather Service has issued a “Winter Weather Advisory” for northern Fairfield, northern New Haven, Hartford and Tolland counties. No advisories have been posted for the immediate Connecticut coastline and Middlesex County.

Here is the latest on how much snow, ice, and rain you can expect from now until Thursday afternoon.

Hartford County:

The Winter Weather Advisory is in effect from 2 p.m. today to noon Wednesday. Snow will accumulate 1 to 3 inches along with up to a few hundredths of an inch of ice. Snow will begin to fall between 2 and 4 p.m. and mix with sleet this evening before changing to freezing rain after midnight. It won’t turn to plain rain here until sometime Wednesday morning likely after the morning commute on Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the rain could accumulate up to a half inch during the day but it picks up in intensity in the evening and an inch of rain is likely before it tapers off on Thursday.

Tolland County:

Snow will accumulate 1 to 2 inches along with a trace of ice. Snow begins here between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. and will mix with sleet before midnight and then to freezing rain.

The change to plain rain will occur Wednesday morning.

On Wednesday, up to a half inch of rain is likely but the rain is heavy Wednesday night and could accumulate between 1-2 inches before ending around noon Thursday.