Snow and Sleet May Impact Monroe's Evening Commute

By Brian McCready

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 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 Fairfield County.

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

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Fairfield County:

• The advisory spans from 1 p.m. today to 9 a.m. Wednesday for snow, sleet, and freezing rain. Accumulations include up to 1 inch of snow and a tenth of an inch of ice. Light snow begins this afternoon, mixes with ice and is plain rain early Wednesday.
• On Wednesday, a half inch of plain rain is expected and up to another inch on Wednesday night. Another quarter of an inch if possible before the rain ends early Thursday afternoon.