Hour-By-Hour Snow, Ice Forecast For Tuesday In CT

CONNECTICUT — A snow and ice storm will move into Connecticut during the overnight hours and continue through the afternoon on Tuesday. A Winter Weather Advisory is now in effect for the entire state.

The major concern is ice, not snow. The precipitation will begin as snow everywhere and then transition to freezing rain and ice for the morning commute. Areas along the coast will see a transition to plain rain by mid-morning while inland and northern parts of the state may see several hours of sleet and freezing rain.

Here are the latest weather statements via the National Weather Service:

Southern Fairfield, Southern New Haven, Southern Middlesex, and Southern New London county: "Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 2 inches and ice accumulations of up to one tenth of an inch."

Northern Fairfield, Northern New Haven, Northern Middlesex, and Northern New London county: "Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches and ice accumulations of one tenth to two tenths of an inch. The highest snow accumulation will occur across the Lower Hudson Valley and interior southwest Connecticut."

Hartford, Tolland and Windham county: "Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches and ice accumulations of up to two tenths of an inch. Moderate to heavy snow is expected to be in progress during the start of the Tuesday morning commute, which will be transitioning to sleet and freezing rain from south to north. Motorists planning travel Tuesday morning can expect hazardous travel with snow and ice covered roads along with poor visibility."

Litchfield County: Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 6 inches and ice accumulations of up to two tenths of an inch. The snow will begin from south to north from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. The snow could be moderate to heavy at times overnight, with rates of half an inch up to an inch per hour at times. The snow will turn to sleet and freezing rain around daybreak Tuesday."

Here is your hour-by-hour forecast for Connecticut:

Southern Fairfield County:

11 p.m.: 33 degrees; 47 percent chance of precipitation

2 a.m.: 31 degrees; 76 percent chance of precipitation

5 a.m.: 31 degrees; 92 percent chance of precipitation

8 a.m.: 32 degrees; 90 percent chance of precipitation

11 a.m.: 33 degrees; 90 percent chance of precipitation

2 p.m.: 33 degrees; 78 percent chance of precipitation

5 p.m.: 34 degrees; 56 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected after 11 p.m. and continues as all snow until 4 a.m. From 4 a.m. until 9 a.m. ice is expected and then it's plain rain until 5 p.m. Two inches of snow and ice is expected.

Inland Fairfield County:

11 p.m.: 30 degrees; 42 percent chance of precipitation

2 a.m.: 28 degrees; 69 percent chance of precipitation

5 a.m.: 29 degrees; 85 percent chance of precipitation

8 a.m.: 30 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

11 a.m.: 31 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

2 p.m.: 32 degrees; 77 percent chance of precipitation

5 p.m.: 32 degrees; 56 percent chance of precipitation.

Snow is expected after 11 p.m. and continues as all snow until 5 a.m. From 5 a.m. until 5 p.m. ice is expected and then possibly some sleet until 8 p.m. Three inches of snow and ice is expected.

Southern New Haven County:

11 p.m.: 32 degrees; 40 percent chance of precipitation

2 a.m.: 30 degrees; 77 percent chance of precipitation

5 a.m.: 30 degrees; 85 percent chance of precipitation

8 a.m.: 31 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

11 a.m.: 32 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

2 p.m.: 33 degrees; 78 percent chance of precipitation

5 p.m.: 34 degrees; 57 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected after midnight and continues as all snow until 4 a.m. From 4 a.m. until 9 a.m. ice is expected and then plain rain from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. A total of 1.8 inches of snow and ice is forecast.

Inland New Haven County:

11 p.m.: 30 degrees; 30 percent chance of precipitation

2 a.m.: 29 degrees; 58 percent chance of precipitation

5 a.m.: 29 degrees; 85 percent chance of precipitation

8 a.m.: 29 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

11 a.m.: 31 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

2 p.m.: 32 degrees; 77 percent chance of precipitation

5 p.m.: 32 degrees; 56 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected after midnight and continues as all snow until 6 a.m. From 6 a.m. until 6 p.m. ice is expected. Three inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain is expected to accumulate.

Middlesex County:

11 p.m.: 30 degrees; 26 percent chance of precipitation

2 a.m.: 29 degrees; 58 percent chance of precipitation

5 a.m.: 30 degrees; 83 percent chance of precipitation

8 a.m.: 30 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

11 a.m.: 31 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

2 p.m.: 33 degrees; 77 percent chance of precipitation

5 p.m.: 33 degrees; 56 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected after midnight and continues as all snow until 5 a.m. From 5 a.m. until 5 p.m. ice and sleet is expected. A total of 3.1 inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain are expected to accumulate.

New London County:

11 p.m.: 32 degrees; 24 percent chance of precipitation

2 a.m.: 31 degrees; 64 percent chance of precipitation

5 a.m.: 31 degrees; 83 percent chance of precipitation

8 a.m.: 32 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

11 a.m.: 33 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

2 p.m.: 34 degrees; 78 percent chance of precipitation

5 p.m.: 35 degrees; 58 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected after midnight and continues as all snow until 4 a.m. From 4 a.m. until 8 a.m. ice is expected and from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. plain rain is forecast. A total of 1.6 inches of snow and ice is forecast and then about a half inch of plain rain.

Hartford County:

11 p.m.: 29 degrees; 16 percent chance of precipitation

2 a.m.: 28 degrees; 76 percent chance of precipitation

5 a.m.: 28 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

8 a.m.: 29 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

11 a.m.: 31 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

2 p.m.: 32 degrees; 80 percent chance of precipitation

5 p.m.: 31 degrees; 66 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected after 2 a.m. and continues as all snow until 6 a.m. From 6 a.m. until 5 p.m. freezing rain and sleet is expected. A total of 1.2 inches of snow is forecast to fall along with possibly two-tenths of an inch of ice.

Tolland County:

11 p.m.: 28 degrees; 13 percent chance of precipitation

2 a.m.: 27 degrees; 74 percent chance of precipitation

5 a.m.: 26 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

8 a.m.: 27 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

11 a.m.: 29 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

2 p.m.: 30 degrees; 84 percent chance of precipitation

5 p.m.: 30 degrees; 56 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected after midnight and continues as all snow until 7 a.m. From 7 a.m. until 6 p.m. ice and sleet is expected. A total of 2.6 inches of snow and ice is forecast.

Litchfield County:

11 p.m.: 27 degrees; 30 percent chance of precipitation

2 a.m.: 28 degrees; 71 percent chance of precipitation

5 a.m.: 27 degrees; 98 percent chance of precipitation

8 a.m.: 26 degrees; 98 percent chance of precipitation

11 a.m.: 27 degrees; 89 percent chance of precipitation

2 p.m.: 29 degrees; 71 percent chance of precipitation

5 p.m.: 29 degrees; 44 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected after midnight and continues as all snow until 7 a.m. From 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. ice and sleet is expected. A total of 4.6 inches of snow and ice is forecast.

Windham County:

11 p.m.: 29 degrees; 13 percent chance of precipitation

2 a.m.: 27 degrees; 76 percent chance of precipitation

5 a.m.: 27 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

8 a.m.: 29 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

11 a.m.: 31 degrees; 100 percent chance of precipitation

2 p.m.: 32 degrees; 86 percent chance of precipitation

5 p.m.: 32 degrees; 67 percent chance of precipitation

Snow is expected after midnight and continues as all snow until 6 a.m. From 6 a.m. until 4 p.m. ice and sleet is expected. A total of 1.8 inches of snow and ice is forecast.

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