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

No sign of springtime yet. Winter Storm Sparta will roll into Westfield 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 9 a.m. in Westfield Sunday, becoming heavier around 1 p.m., with a high of 31 degrees. Up to two inches will accumulate during the day, according to the National Weather Service.

Snow and freezing rain will continue to hammer Westfield 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 wind chills in the 20s and 30s and wind gusts as high as 23 miles-per-hour.

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

Sunday

• 5 – 7 a.m.: 13 degrees
• 8 a.m.: 15 degrees
• 9 a.m.: 17 degrees; snow starts
• 10 a.m.: 20 degrees
• 11 a.m.: 22 degrees, feels like 17
• 12 p.m.: 24 degrees, feels like 20
• 1 – 5 p.m.: 26 degrees, feels like 22
• 6 – 11 p.m.: 28 degrees; snow, freezing rain starts at 9 p.m.

Monday

• 12 – 4 a.m.: 29 degrees, feels like 24
• 5 a.m.: 29 degrees, feels like 22; freezing rain stops
• 6 a.m.: 29 degrees, feels like 21; snow stops
• 7 – 10 a.m.: 31 degrees, feels like 20
• 11 a.m.: 34 degrees, feels like 23
• 12 p.m.: 36 degrees, feels like 26
• 1 – 4 p.m.: 37 degrees, feels like 27
• 5 p.m.: 35 degrees, feels like 25
• 6 p.m.: 33 degrees, feels like 24
• 7 p.m.: 31 degrees, feels like 22
• 8 p.m. 29 degrees, feels like 20
• 9 p.m.: 28 degrees, feels like 19
• 10 p.m.: 26 degrees, feels like 18
• 11 p.m.: 25 degrees, feels like 17

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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