Hour-By-Hour Forecast Of Nor’easter In Connecticut

We’ve been talking about this nor’easter since Thursday, and as the day progressed Monday in Connecticut we can hear the wind picking up, and there have been some light rain showers and flurries in the state but nothing yet to think the strongest storm of the season is on its way.

That will all change soon enough. WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons held a Facebook Live chat Monday afternoon and said some precipitation will make its way into the southern half of Connecticut around 5 p.m.

But it’s really 8 p.m. when the heaviest and steadiest precipitation begins to fall statewide. For much of Connecticut, this is largely a rain storm, but some sleet will mix in inland from 7 p.m. to midnight and could make travel slippery in spots.

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Simmons said the heaviest precipitation will move through the state by 3 a.m. Tuesday, though isolated showers are likely through Tuesday. Again, the number 1 concern with this nor’easter is the winds, which will gust up to 55 mph, especially along the coast, Simmons said on his Facebook chat.

During Monday afternoon, winds were gusting to 30 mph already in Bridgeport, New London, Meriden and Waterbury. New Haven reported gusts up to 26 mph.

Most of the state will see between 1-2 inches of rain, and Simmons wrote that if it was snow we’d be looking at 12-15 inches.

Litchfield County could see between 1-6 inches of snow, and the higher the elevation you are there, the more snow you’ll receive, according to NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Ryan Hanrahan. A little less than an inch of slushy snow and sleet mix is possible in interior sections of the state.

Hanrahan wrote Monday afternoon: “Just a few tweaks to the snow/sleet forecast. Away from the shoreline we'll see a period of heavy sleet and rain before a gradual transition to all rain. A slushy coating to an inch or snow of sleet is possible. In the hills colder temperatures and the potential for a flip to snow for a period of time has us concerned for higher totals - potentially up to 5" or 6" in the hills above 1,000 feet.”

Here’s an hour-by-hour look at the nor’easter precipitation impact on Connecticut via the National Weather Service:

Southern Connecticut:

4 p.m.- 5 p.m. a chance of some light rain

6 p.m. to midnight: 1 inch of heavy rain expected during this time

1 a.m. to 7 a.m. 0.32 tenths inches of rain

7 a.m. to 4 p.m. less than a tenth of an inch of rain

*****In inland areas of Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, and New London counties some sleet could mix in from 7 p.m. until 2 a.m. At the immediate shore, it’s all rain, no ice.

Hartford County:

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.: a chance of some light rain, just a tenth of an inch of rain until 6 p.m.

7 p.m. to 10 p.m.: 0.30 tenths of an inch of rain.

10 p.m. to 1 a.m. another 0.33 tenths of an inch of rain.

1 a.m. to 4 a.m. 0.27 tenths of an inch of rain.

4 a.m. to 10 a.m. 0.20 tenths of an inch of rain

After 10 a.m. Tuesday light showers could produce another 0.2 tenths of an inch of rain during the afternoon and evening.

***National Weather Service notes there could be a period of some sleet too between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m. tonight and early Tuesday.

Tolland County:

4 p.m. to 7 p.m. chance of some light rain, less than a tenth of an inch.

7 p.m. to 10 p.m. 0.16 tenths of an inch of rain

10 p.m. to 4 a.m.: 0.63 tenths of an inch of rain.

From 5 a.m. to 1 p.m. another 0.25 tenths of an inch of rain is expected.

*****In Tolland County sleet may mix in from 7 p.m. until 1 a.m. and there may be some freezing rain from 10 p.m. until midnight too.

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