All eyes are focused on a large storm that's dropping heavy snow near Chicago that will develop into a powerful coastal storm.
The brunt of the storm will stay southeast of Connecticut but due to its large size we will see fringe effects.
Snow flurries and sprinkles with overspread Connecticut during the day on Wednesday. After sunset any rain will quickly change to snow, even down to the shoreline, and a period of accumulating wet snow is expected.
Temperatures will be above freezing during the Wednesday evening commute, so impacts will be minimized.
Overnight Wednesday into Thursday, things get more complicated.
Precipitation will pick up in intensity overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning with a couple inches of accumulation possible for the Thursday morning commute. In addition, winds will gust between 40 and 50 m.p.h. along the shoreline by Thursday morning.
Off and on light snow will continue during the day Thursday with more accumulation possible Thursday night. By Friday morning total accumulation of 3"-6" is likely across most of Connecticut with more than 6" possible in eastern Connecticut along the I-395 corridor and away from the immediate shore.
Isolated power outages are possible from the combination of wet snow accumulating on trees and power lines and gusty winds particularly in eastern parts of the state.
Minor coastal flooding is possible during high tide Thursday morning around daybreak. Tides will run 2 to 3 feet above normal but with winds that will be out of the north and northeast wave action will be primarily directed offshore resulting in only modest coastal inundation.
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