How Much Snow, Freezing Rain, Ice Will Fall In Hillsborough Today?

No sign of springtime yet. Winter Storm Sparta will roll into Hillsborough today, bringing inches of snow, freezing rain, and frigid temperatures to town.

The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory, saying periods of snow and/or wintry precipitation are a high likelihood Sunday afternoon into Monday morning, and again Tuesday evening.

Snow will begin to fall around 8 a.m. in Hillsborough Sunday, becoming heavier around 1 p.m., with a high near 28 degrees. An inch of new snow will accumulate during the day, according to the National Weather Service.

Snow and freezing rain will continue to hammer Hillsborough Sunday night. Up to two more inches snow and a tenth of an inch of ice could accumulate overnight, with snow falling mainly before 1 a.m. Monday will be bitter cold with 17 mile-per-hour winds and temperatures only reaching the high 30s.

Check out an hour-by-hour look at Sunday and Monday’s weather below.

Sunday

• 5 – 8 a.m.: 11 degrees; snow starts at 8 a.m.
• 9 a.m.: 19 degrees
• 10 a.m.: 22 degrees
• 11 a.m.: 23 degrees
• 12 p.m.: 23 degrees
• 1 – 5 p.m.: 25 degrees
• 6 – 11 p.m.: 27 degrees with snow; freezing rain starts at 7 p.m.

Monday

• 12 – 6 a.m.: 30 degrees, feels like 23; freezing rain and snow stops at 2 a.m.
• 7 – 10 a.m.: 32 degrees, feels like 23
• 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.: 35 degrees, feels like 25
• 6 p.m.: 31 degrees, feels like 21
• 7 p.m.: 35 degrees, feels like 27
• 8 p.m. 30 degrees, feels like 21
• 9 p.m.: 26 degrees, feels like 17
• 10 p.m.: 24, feels like 14
• 11 p.m.: 22 degrees, feels like 13

A brief warm up and some rain on Wednesday could cause pockets of poor drainage flooding throughout this area, according to the National Weather Service.

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