There's a Nor'easter Headed Our Way

A nor'easter developing along the mid-Atlantic is forecast to hit our area Wednesday morning — exactly how bad it will be is still up in the air, though.

With the storm expected to intensify as it slowly tracks east, the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for New London county.

"Significant snow possible for southeast Connecticut," the weather service stated.

Here is the forecast from the National Weather Service as of 7:30 p.m., on Tuesday, March 5, 2013:

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow before 3 p.m., then snow likely. Cloudy, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a northeast wind 17 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
 

Wednesday Night: Snow. Low around 33. Windy, with a north wind 21 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday: Snow. High near 36. Windy, with a north wind 31 to 33 mph, with gusts as high as 49 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90 percent. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Rain and snow likely before midnight, then snow likely between midnight and 3am, then rain likely after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 35. Windy, with a north wind 23 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Rain likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70 percent. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Blustery.