The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the counties of Winnebago, Kossuth, Worth, Palo Alto, Hancock, Wright, and Franklin.
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The latest forecast map from the National Weather Service this morning shows all of Fairfield County – including the immediate shoreline – in the path of a developing winter storm.
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The wintry mess is expected to end during the day, with Tuesday night’s forecast calling for clouds and a low of 41. “Most of our area will pick up less than 0.10” of freezing rain, but a few of our areas, especially to the southwest could see as much as a quarter inch. Little or no sleet accumulation expected. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 21 miles per hour becoming north 9 to 14 miles per hour in the afternoon.
Snow would fall before 2 am on Tuesday and would change to snow & sleet latest by 5 am before turning to freezing rain & sleet later in the morning.
Sleet may accumulate to over an inch today with possible accumulations of icing from freezing rain.
Rain will be likely before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, followed by a chance of showers into the evening hours. Saturday’s high temperature is expected to be 34.
Early indications are snowfall accumulations will generally be 1-3 inches with lesser amounts south of the Massachusetts Turnpike and slightly more across northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. It will be mostly cloudy with a high near 39 degrees, and there will be a 20 percent chance of precipitation, according to the website.
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Rock salt, snow shovels and a final check of whether the snowblower still works should all be on the list before the first winter storm of the season arrives Monday night and into Tuesday.
