Good Thursday all-
My finals are over, so I'm back! And I have some bad news- the first truly significant snowfall of the season is on the way for Saturday. It will feature snow changing to rain, but, unlike the last time, the temperatures will be much cooler at the beginning, allowing the snow to hang around for a very long time, and I am expecting pretty heavy accumulations. I am expecting roughly 2-5" for central CT, 1-3" southeast, and 4-6" along and north of I-84, including the Naugatuck Valley. These numbers, although they always could change, have higher confidence than normal as we have exceedingly good computer model agreement, and they pass the "is it reasonable" test very easily...so I'll roll with it and enjoy watching it fall.
There are two other major stories for the next couple of days- a rare HIGH WIND WARNING is up for the entire state today and tonight, where we can expect winds to gust as high as 60mph, causing some scattered power outages. Additionally, by tonight, we will have frigid temperatures...though they won't be as bad as we had been expecting- we will likely stay in the positive single digits...but the wind chill will be nasty and a WIND CHILL ADVISORY is up for northern CT- so stay warm tonight and tie down your loose objects!
I will have the latest on Winter Storm Decima (TWC has named the Saturday storm) tomorrow!
Today in weather history- December 15, 1945- Areas just south of Buffalo, NY, pick up 70" of snow thanks to an incredibly strong lake effect snow event...that's taller than most people...imagine trying to dig out of that!
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