Good Tuesday all-
Well, remember when I said this storm would have some nasty surprises? This is one of them, as it's pouring outside, but it's only 30 degrees at my house in Wallingford, so it's freezing rain and miserable outside. Granted, it isn't a total shock- the signs were there last evening and Winter Weather Advisories were issued, but this is a bit more significant than most people were thinking. This has lead to tons of crashes this morning, but it should melt by later this morning as temps go above freezing, so we are seeing most schools delay this morning instead of close. Anyhow, by the time this is said and done, two to three inches of a cold rain will have fallen, with 40+ mph wind gusts in places, and it'll just simply be an absolutely miserable day. The question will then shift to tomorrow morning as to how much wrap-around moisture we get from this storm as temps flop it over to snow. It is, however, very tough to get anything significant, and I doubt very much that there will be any accumulation (It's probably no more than a 15% chance of an inch or so). Scattered snow will last until Thursday evening, and the weekend looks cold and dry, with Monday looking fantastic with sunny skies and highs near 50. Also, there's a Wind Advisory for the shoreline, except New London County, where there is a High Wind Warning, so it'll blow your hats off too!
Today in weather history- December 9, 1786- A second snowstorm in less than a week pounds New England, dropping one to two feet of snow just a day after a 6" storm, and four days after another one to two foot storm. The end result? Up to four feet of snow were on the ground at once in parts of Massachusetts, which is 8" more than the snow that accumulated in the hardest hit areas after Blizzard Charlotte/Nemo in 2013.
PLEASE DRIVE SAFELY TODAY- THE ROADS ARE HORRIBLE!!!
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