{"id":5274,"date":"2014-01-02T20:01:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T20:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/?p=5274"},"modified":"2015-01-26T19:43:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-26T19:43:11","slug":"external-winter-storm-update-from-despp-demhs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/external-winter-storm-update-from-despp-demhs\/","title":{"rendered":"External Winter Storm Update from DESPP \/ DEMHS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hercules\"2014<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

STATUS OF THE STATE EMERGENCY\u00a0OPERATIONS CENTER – MONITORING<\/strong><\/p>\n

Winter Storm Warnings remain in effect for the entire state until Friday morning.\u00a0 A Coastal Flood Watch (Minor Flooding Expected) is in effect from 10:00 PM until 2:00 AM Friday morning for Coastal Fairfield and New Haven Counties.<\/p>\n

At 1:45 PM radar showed bands of light snow falling across the state with temperatures ranging from the mid teens in Northern CT up to low 20’s along the coast.\u00a0 According to DOT Camera’s secondary roads are currently slush or snow coated in many areas.\u00a0 Most highways are still fairly snow free in the travel lanes.\u00a0 Northeast Winds are currently gusting to 20 MPH inland and up to 30 MPH along the coast with wind chills near 0 F in Northern CT up to +10 F at the coast.<\/p>\n

This Afternoon: Bands of light snow becoming steadier by 4:00 PM with around an inch of accumulation during the afternoon.\u00a0 Northeast winds gradually increasing and gusting to 25 – 35 MPH by late this afternoon.\u00a0 The impact on the\u00a0afternoon rush hour is expected to range from minor in the valleys and highways to pockets of moderate impact in the rural areas and in the higher elevations.\u00a0 Temperatures are forecast to fall into the low teens by late afternoon with wind chills ranging from -10 F to +10 F.<\/p>\n

Tonight:\u00a0Northeast\u00a0winds increasing to 30 – 35 MPH with snow becoming moderate to heavy at times.\u00a0 The heaviest snow and wind (with near blizzard conditions expected along the coast) is currently expected between 11:00 PM and 5:00 AM.\u00a0 During this time snowfall rates are forecast to be approximately\u00a01\u201d per hour\u00a0with\u00a0low visibilities,\u00a0blowing and drifting of snow and a moderate to major\u00a0impact on overnight travel.\u00a0 Temperatures will also be bitter cold overnight with lows between\u00a0+5\u00a0and +10 F and wind chills ranging from -5 to -15 F.\u00a0 Total overnight snowfall of\u00a05 \u2013 7\u201d is expected.\u00a0 Minor coastal flooding is expected around the time of high tide at midnight in Western Long Island Sound with tide departures around 2 feet above the normal high tide.<\/p>\n

Friday Morning: Snow tapering off to flurries from West to East between 7:00 \u2013 10:00 AM and ending completely by early afternoon.\u00a0 The impact on the morning rush hour is expected to be\u00a0to moderate to borderline major with several inches of snow cover on most roads, light\u00a0snow falling early and considerable\u00a0blowing and drifting\u00a0of the dry snow across roads.\u00a0 Highs on Friday are only expected to reach the low teens with wind chills ranging from -10 to 0 F during the day.\u00a0 Blowing snow is expected thru the Afternoon with a minor impact on the afternoon rush hour expected.<\/p>\n

Total snowfall for the storm is forecast to range from\u00a07 \u2013 10\u201d statewide with the lowest amounts in Southwestern CT and the highest amounts along the Southeast coast and in far Eastern CT.<\/p>\n

Friday Night: Very cold conditions are expected with lows ranging from -10 to -15 F in Northern CT up to +0 F along the coast.\u00a0 Lighter winds are expected to push wind chills down to \u201310 to -20 F at times.<\/p>\n

The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security will continue to monitor the latest weather conditions and will issue another update at 6:00 PM this evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2014 STATUS OF THE STATE EMERGENCY\u00a0OPERATIONS CENTER – MONITORING Winter Storm Warnings remain in effect for the entire state until Friday morning.\u00a0 A Coastal Flood Watch (Minor Flooding Expected) is in effect from 10:00 PM until 2:00 AM Friday morning … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9],"tags":[357,584],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5274"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6257,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5274\/revisions\/6257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asm-aetna.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}