Where's the Rough Weather? What a Difference a Day Makes in the Forecast! [Update]

Update 7:50 a.m.:

Only about two inches of snow fell overnight, and the forecast now calls for no more of it. It didn't seem to stick to pavements, either. The latest National Weather Service forecast specifically for Norwalk doesn't predict any more precipitation today.

Nope, none at all.

The worst part of the forecast is that today will be mostly cloudy, according to the weather service.

Our precipitation-free skies are supposed to be accompanied by a high temperature of 45 degrees and light winds of 11 to 13 mph (they will be from the north, but the north wind doesn't seem all that threatening now, does it?).

March has eight days left to go, including today. Then our prison doors open and we're into April. Think about it: Parents name female babies after the next three months—April, May, June. How great is that? The seven-day Norwalk forecast has no out-like-a-lion weather in it, and the word "sunny" pops up frequently.

Update 9:06 p.m.:

The National Weather Service has revised its predictions for total snow accumulation overnight and Thursday morning downward. Now the forecasters are predicting 1 to 2 inches overnight and another half inch in the morning.

Snow is expected to fall until 4 a.m. Thursday, followed by periods of snow "possibly mixd with freezing drizzle", according to the National Weather Service's latest local forecast for Norwalk.

No ice is exected to accumulate. The chance of precipitation is 100 percent, the low temperature is expected to be 29 degrees, accompanied by an east wind of about 10 mph.

Freezing drizzle and snow is likely to come down Thursday morning, then change to rain at 11 a.m..

The weather service also issued a "Winter Weather Advisory" for southern Connecticut, the lower Hudson Valley and parts of Northern New Jersey, predicting periods of "snow, sleet and freezing drizzle" overnight with hazardous road conditions as a "slushy accumulation" greets drivers in the morning. The Weather Advisory remains in effect until 10 a.m. Thursday.

The weather service's "Coastal Flood Advisory," updated at 8:11 p.m., predicts minor flooding in coastal areas of western Long Island Sound, including Norwalk, with tides reaching their height at about 3:20 a.m. and waters about 18 inches above normal. The advisory is in effect from 2 to 5 a.m. Thursday.

Update 7:01 p.m.:

Rain, snow and sleet should continue through the night, changing to just snow after 2 a.m., according to the latest National Weather Service local forecast for Norwalk.

Temperatures should reach as low as 29 degrees and winds from the east only as high as 10 mph overnight. The weather service now thinks as much as 2 to 4 inches of snow and sleet may accumulate, and the chance of precipitation overnight is 90 percent.

On Thursday, more snow should fall until 11 a.m., with new accumulation of less than half an inch, according to the forecast, followed by rain as the temperature rises. For the day, the temperature should get as high as 44 degrees, with north winds of between 11 and 13 mph., the weather service said.

Update 1:39 p.m.:

Instead of just the predicted rain, some sleet and snow also fell on the city this morning, and you can expect more of it this afternoon, according to the 11:35 a.m.  Norwalk forecast of the National Weather Service.

The weather service issued a "Coastal Flood Advisory" from 2 a.m. to 5 a.m. Thursday for areas near the western shores of Long Island Sound, including the Norwalk area. Only "minor coastal flooding" is expected, with tides 12 to 18 inches above normal. The advisory was issued at 11:14 a.m.

A "Hazardous Weather Outlook" issued at 11:38 a.m. by the weather service repeated the information in the flood advisory and stated that less snow is expected farther inland.

Rain, snow, a high temperature of 37 degrees and winds of about 7 mph are all part of the afternoon forecast.

For tonight, the weather service now expects rain and snow before 9 p.m., followed by rain, snow and sleet. Forecasters are still predicting 1 to 3 inches of snow to accumulate overnight, although the low temperature is only expected to reach 31 degrees, just below freezing. An east wind of 9 to 11 mph is expected.

On Thursday morning, rain, snow and perhaps sleet should come down, and then it might rain, with an overall 70 percent chance of precipitation during the day. The weather service still expects no more than an inch of accumulated snow and sleet. The high temperature for the day is expected to be 44 degrees, and winds from the north of about 11 to 15 mph are predicted.

No rain is predicted for Thursday evening.

Original article:

They say March weather can be a lamb at the beginning and a lion when it ends, but in the next two middling days it'll just act like one pesky varmit.

Today, for Norwalk, just rain was expected, with somewhere between a tenth and a quarter of an inch falling, according to the National Weather Service forecast for the city. (But within two hours of the 5:42 a.m. forecast, snow could be seen falling, although not accumulating.)

Tonight and Thursday morning should get interesting as the temperature drops and more precipitation falls.

Continued rain tonight should turn into a mix of rain snow and sleet after midnight, with an accumulation of one to three inches of snow and sleet by morning. The chance of precipitation overnight is 90 percent. The nightime temperature should reach a low of only 31 degrees and a north wind of 9 to 13 mph is expected.

On Thursday, the chance of precipitation is 70 percent, and in the morning a combination of rain and snow is "likely," perhaps mixed with sleet. A total of an inch of accumulated snow or snow and sleet is expected. By noon, the precipitation should be all rain as the temperature climbs to a high of 44 degrees.

No further precipitation is expected from Thursday night through the weekend, when the only thing falling from the skies will be sunshine, according to the report.

But March isn't over yet.