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WEATHER UPDATE: Hour-By-Hour: Fierce Winds, Ice, Snow to Wallop Springfield

Wind chills will drop to nearly 20 below Thursday night as a storm carrying more ice and snow prepares to slam the area this weekend.

Springfield will face another bout of fierce winter weather this weekend, as a storm carrying more snow, ice, and rain travels to New Jersey and Pennsylvania, forecasters predict.

The National Weather Service has issued two alerts, including a “Wind Chill Advisory,” saying wind chill temperatures will drop to as low as 10 below Thursday night and Friday morning, and gusts will move up to 30 mph.

The NWS also has issued a ”Hazardous Weather Outlook,” saying sleet and freezing rain will make driving hazardous from Friday night to Saturday night.

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Temperatures will sink to dangerous lows tonight in Springfield, dropping to -3 with wind chill values as low as -15, according to the National Weather Service. The bitter cold will be amplified by wind gusts climbing to 30 miles-per-hour.

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Don’t be fooled by Friday’s sunny skies. Temperatures will only reach 17 degrees but the wind chill will make it feel like -15. Wind gusts are expected to reach 17 miles-per-hour during the day with a low around 2 degrees Friday night.

Snow will fall in Springfield during the day and through the night Saturday with 1 to 2 inches accumulating before Sunday morning. A mix of freezing rain and snow will fall on Sunday.

Check out an hour-by-hour look at this weekend’s weather below.

Friday

  • 11 a.m.: 10 degrees, feels like -8
  • 12 p.m.: 12 degrees, feels like -5
  • 1 p.m.: 15 degrees, feels like -1
  • 2 p.m.: 16 degrees, feels like 1
  • 3 p.m.: 17 degrees, feels like 2
  • 4 – 7 p.m.: 12 degrees, feels like 3
  • 8 p.m.: 11 degrees, feels like 3
  • 9 p.m.: 10 degrees, feels like 2
  • 10 p.m. – 12 a.m.: 9 degrees, feels like 1

Saturday

  • 1 – 6 a.m.: 5 degrees, feels like 4
  • 7 a.m.: 9 degrees
  • 8 a.m.: 12 degrees, feels like 6
  • 9 a.m.: 15 degrees, feels like 8
  • 10 a.m.: 18 degrees, feels like 10; snow starts
  • 11 a.m.: 20 degrees, feels like 12
  • 12 p.m.: 22 degrees, feels like 14
  • 1 p.m.: 24 degrees, feels like 16
  • 2 p.m.: 25 degrees, feels like 17
  • 3 p.m.: 26 degrees, feels like 19
  • 4 p.m. – 12 a.m.: 27 degrees, feels like 26

Sunday

  • 1 – 6 a.m.: 29 degrees, feels like 24
  • 7 a.m.: 32 degrees, feels like 29
  • 8 a.m. – 12 p.m.: 34 degrees, feels like 30; snow stops at 8 a.m.
  • 1 – 4 p.m.: 37 degrees, feels like 32
  • 5 p.m.: 37 degrees, feels like 29
  • 6 p.m.: 34 degrees, feels like 28; snow starts
  • 7 – 9 p.m.: 31 degrees, feels like 25
  • 10 p.m.: 29 degrees, feels like 23
  • 11 p.m.: 20 degrees, feels like 18

While this will be a warmer storm compared to last weekend, some snow and ice will fall on areas hit with the same from the storm last weekend in the Central and Eastern states - creating potentially more dangerous conditions.

Snow, a wintry mix or even rain will raise problems beyond that of slippery travel and airline delays.

AccuWeather Meteorologist Mark Paquette, said in a news release: “We are very concerned about the added weight triggering a new round of roof collapses in New England and parts of upstate New York.”

Should a heavy amount of freezing rain occur versus sleet, there could be downed trees and numerous power outages to contend with, Accuweather said.

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