GOOD
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY OUT OF THIS MIKE SLIFER HERE. WELCOME
BACK TO EYEWITNESS NEWS. WE ARE
IN EARLY WARNING WEATHER ALERT
AS WE GET READY TO TRACK WHAT IS
LIKELY TO BE HIGHER IMPACT LONG
DURATION STORM NOW'S A GREAT
TIME TO START PREPARING. HERE'S
THE LATEST HEADLINES FROM THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOTICE
WINTER STORM WARNINGS FOR THE
NORTHWESTERN AND NORTHEASTERN
CORNERS OF THE STATEMENT.
HARTFORD COUNTY STILL UNDERNEATH
THE WATCH, AND THE REASON FOR
THAT IS BECAUSE IT ALL HAS TO DO
WITH JUST HOW MUCH SNOW IS
EXPECTED. DOES THIS GET SWITCHED
TO A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
LIKE THE NORTHERN PART? IT'S OF
OUR FOUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES, OR
WILL THERE BE ENOUGH SNOW HIGH
ENOUGH IMPACT TO ACTUALLY NEED
ANOTHER WINTER STORM WARNING, SO
WE'LL BE WATCHING VERY CLOSELY
TO SEE WHAT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE DECIDES IN THEIR
AFTERNOON FORECAST UPDATE. AND
OF COURSE WE WILL KEEP YOU
UPDATED. IF YOU WANT TO TRACK
THESE SHOWERS AS THEY GET GOING,
TAKE YOUR PHONE OUT AND SCAN
RIGHT HERE. THIS Q R CODE WILL
TAKE YOU TO THE DOWNLOAD PAGE
FOR THE WFSB WEATHER APP. IT'S A
GREAT RESOURCE TO HAVE MAKE SURE
YOU CHARGE YOUR PHONES LATER
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN
CASE YOU DO LOSE POWER TOMORROW.
HERE'S WHAT WE THINK. ACHING FOR
SNOW, VERY HEAVY, WET
CONSISTENCY. SNOW 4 TO 8 INCHES
ACROSS PORTIONS OF WINDHAM IN
THAILAND COUNTIES AND INTO THE
WESTERN HILLS OF HARTFORD COUNTY
, SOUTHERN LITCHFIELD COUNTY,
EVEN NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
FAIRFIELD AND NEW HAVEN
COUNTIE% MAY SEE 48 INCHES OF SNOW WITH 8
TO 16 INCHES. THE JACKPOT ACROSS
THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE
STATE, MAYBE EVEN A COUPLE OF
HIGHER AMOUNTS ACROSS SOME OF
THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS.
OTHERWISE EXPECTING 2 TO 4
INCHES SOUTH OF HARTFORD AND FOR
THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF OUR
SOUTHERN COUNTIES, WITH ONE 22
INCHES ALONG THE SHORE LINE
AGAIN, THE CONSISTENCY OF THE
SNOW VERY WET. AND HEAVY. PLUS
WE'LL BE DEALING WITH SOME RAIN
AND SOME STRONG WIND GUSTS.
HEAVY, WET SNOW, NOT A GREAT
COMBO. WHEN YOU ADD IN THE WIND
FOR POWER OUTAGES CERTAINLY
COULD BE DEALING WITH POWER
OUTAGES WITH THIS STORM
BEGINNING AS SOON AS TOMORROW
MORNING, ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT,
NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT, FUTURECAST SHOWS THAT IS THE
RADAR FILLS IN LATER ON THIS
AFTERNOON. WE EXPECT MOSTLY RAIN
AT THE ONSET TEMPERATURES RIGHT
NOW WOULD CERTAINLY UPPORT JUST
RAIN. OR IF THERE WERE ANY
FLAKES MIXED IN, NOTHING WOULD
REALLY STICK. BUT AFTER THE SUN
SETS THIS EVENING, REMEMBER
SUNSETS ALMOST SEVEN PM WE START
TO SEE SOME COLDER, ARROGANT
PULLED IN, AND THEN WE WILL
RAPIDLY SEE A SHIFT ACROSS
NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT,
NORTHWESTERN CONNECTICUT, ESPECIALLY OVER TO HEAVY, WET
SNOW, WHILE THE REST OF THE
STATE IS DEALING WITH RAIN,
WHICH COULD BE MODERATE TO
HEAVY. AT TIMES BY ONE A.M. WE
START TO WATCH THE RAIN SNOW
LINE PUSHED SOUTH NOTICE HOW
HEAVY THE RAIN WILL LIKELY BE
ACROSS CENTRAL CONNECTICUT AT
THIS POINT IN TIME IN POINT EAST
. AFTER THAT, WE MAY BRIEFLY TRY
TO INTRODUCE SOME DRY AIR
TOMORROW MORNING BUT STILL
EXPECTING SOME SLICK CONDITIONS
, ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF
84 FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE
TOMORROW WITH REDUCED
VISIBILITY. THE SNOW WILL FILL
BACK IN ON THE RADAR LATER ON
TOMORROW AFTERNOON, AND THE
STEADIEST SNOW IS LIKELY DURING
THE EVENING COMMUTE TUESDAY.
STATEWIDE IT'S NOT UNTIL LATE
TOMORROW EVENING AND INTO
WEDNESDAY, WHEN WE ACTUALLY WILL
DRIVE THINGS OUT. THERE COULD
EVEN BE A COUPLE OF BREAKS OF
SUN. BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON WIND RIGHT
NOW COMING OUT OF THE EAST,
SUSTAINED 10 TO 20 MILES AN
HOUR. WE EXPECT GUSTS TO PICK UP
, ESPECIALLY DURING THE DAY
TOMORROW AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY
WITH SOME OF THE STRONGEST GUSTS
AT OR OVER 40 MPH AT IN THE
POTENTIAL FOR OF COURSE, SOME
TREE BRANCHES DEALING WITH THIS
HEAVY, WET SNOW. POWER OUTAGE
RISK INCREASES, ESPECIALLY
INLAND, SLICK ROADWAYS. POOR
VISIBILITY, ALSO A BIT OF A
HIGHER IMPACT INLAND THAN AT THE
SHORE LINE. BUT AT THE SHORE
LINE, WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON HERE
IS THE POTENTIAL FOR THE
STRONGER WIND GUSTS AND MAYBE
SOME MINOR COASTAL FLOODING
ISSUES. THE CLOUDS HAVE BEEN
SPREADING IN THROUGHOUT THE DAY,
AND THIS WILL BE THE TREND UNTIL
WE EVENTUALLY SEE THE RAIN
TAKEOVER. HERE'S A LIVE LOOK AT
AND I CAME IN ROCKY HILL AND A
LIVE LOOK OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW IN
OUR EYECAM IN NEW LONDON, WHERE
IT'S STILL 40. 85 DEGREES, THE
EARLY WARNING SEVEN DAY
HIGHLIGHTING A COUPLE OF
DIFFERENT THINGS HERE, TOO. SO
HERE'S OUR ALERT FOR THIS STORM.
BUT BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, WE
START TO DRY THINGS OUT THURSDAY
AND FRIDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES
WELL INTO THE FORTIES, IF NOT 50
DEGREES, AND A LOT OF SUNSHINE
MEANS A LOT OF MELTING AND CAROL
WILL BE TRACKING ANOTHER STORM
THIS WEEKEND. THANKFULLY, IT
DOESN'T LOOK TO BE NEARLY AS
HIGH IMPACT. LIKELY A BIT