Lumbering Nor'easter Set to Hit Simsbury [Update]

The next two days will be stormy and unsettled as a slow-moving Nor'easter — a storm some forecasters are calling "weird" — trudges toward the Northeast, bringing high winds, a mix of snow and rain, and possibly coastal flooding.

According to the National Weather Service, the storm presents a "tricky forecast, though many of the computer models tracking it "have come into better agreement with timing and general path. As of early this morning the low was pushing through the mid-Atlantic region with the models still bringing it offshore almost due east during the day."

This latest winter storm is set to hit Connecticut about one month after a devastating blizzard struck the state, dumping about 30 inches of snow in Simsbury and up to 40 inches elsewhere in the state.

The weather service has issued a hazardous weather outlook for the Simsbury area. The weather service has issued a winter storm warning for other parts of the state, including southeastern Connecticut.

The southern storm will merge with a weather system coming down at us from the north, bringing a mix of precipitation and high winds that will remain over the state through Friday morning.

The precipitation from the long-duration storm started out as rain on Wednesday and turned to snow early Thursday morning. Snow will continue  through the day Thursday, with accumulations of as much as 6-9 inches in some parts of the state, although the forecast for the Simsbury area calls for only two inches of accumulation. The bulk of the storm appears to be bearing down on southeastern Connecticut, the National Weather Service says.

Sustained winds associated with the storm will be about 30 mph and wind gusts could reach up to 50 mph, the weather service forecast states.