Wintry Mix May Lead to Slippery Evening Commute Home from Work: South Windsor Weather

Some very light snow and sleet, possibly mixed with rain, will be falling likely during the evening commute home from work tonight. In no way is this a big deal as no real accumulation is forecast, but because of how cold it’s been any precipitation that falls could cause some slippery conditions in some spots.

And the good news is that after tonight, we see a significant warm up with temps into the mid 40s and 50s on Wednesday and Thursday before a quick return to reality with cold air moving back in late Friday.

There is also still a chance for some snow this weekend, with snow possible Saturday afternoon and evening. But right now, the odd are less than 50 percent, but we know how things change with the weather.

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons wrote, “One more cold day today before the 50s show up tomorrow. Be careful this afternoon there could be a little bit of patchy ice with any drizzle or rain showers because the ground is cold. Enjoy the warm up and I thought tomorrow and Thursday colder air comes back Friday afternoon.”

NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan wrote, “Light wintry mix tomorrow afternoon. Little if any accumulation expected though there could be slick spots.”

Timing of today’s light wintry mix:

After 3 p.m. there is a chance for snow, sleet and some rain as temps rise through the day and into the mid 30s. Some wintry precipitation could fall off and on until 11 p.m. and then a change to plain rain. Again no snow accumulation expected and the rain ends early Wednesday, likely before mid morning.

We could see a tenth of an inch of rain.

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Mid-week Warmup

Wednesday: Temps rise into the mid 40s. Clouds depart midday and the sun makes its return.

Thursday: Chance of rain. Mostly cloudy and a high temp into the low 50s.

Friday: Partly sunny and a high in the upper 40s.

Saturday’s snow chance?

Right now there is a 30 percent chance of snow in the mid-afternoon and a 40 percent chance of snow Saturday night for Connecticut.

Written by Brian McCready (Patch Staff)

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