Winter storm leaves schools across CT closed. More snow is on tap for the weekend.
A mixed precipitation storm led to hundreds of school closings across Connecticut on Thursday.
The snow began falling in the morning hours and was expected to leave as many as four inches of accumulation in most parts of Connecticut before changing over to a wintry mix by the early afternoon hours, according to the National Weather Service.
The sleet and freezing rain in the afternoon hours was expected to leave a light glaze of ice, the weather service said.
A Winter Weather Advisory remained in effect until 7 p.m. in Hartford, Tolland and Windham Counties.
The storm led to hundreds of school closings across the state including those in Hartford, Glastonbury, Cromwell, Bloomfield, Bristol, East Hartford, Farmington, Berlin, Manchester, New Britain and numerous other cities and towns. In Meriden, officials closed all city offices in addition to the schools, citing a 'very tricky storm, including snow, sleet, freezing rain and rain,' a spokesperson for the city said.
According to Eversource, 52 customers were without power in East Lyme as of 10:30 a.m. Multiple minor outages had been reported in the morning hours in towns around the state including those in Hartford, Redding, Tolland, Windham and Windsor. The outage in Windsor had been resolved by mid-morning.
United Illuminating did not report any outages as of the same time.
According to the Connecticut Department of Transportation, crashes were reported in the morning hours on Interstate 84 East in Southington, I-84 East in West Hartford and Route 9 South in Middletown. The crashes led to shoulder or lane closures.
A bigger storm could be on its way to Connecticut over the weekend
According to the National Weather Service, snow is expected to move into the state Saturday night and could dump between four to eight inches. The snow is expected to mix with sleet by Sunday morning before changing back to just snow and tapering off in the early afternoon hours.
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