Winter weather advisory issued for area

The snow may make traveling more hard for both the Tuesday morning and evening rush hour commutes.

Monday night: An 80 percent chance of snow showers, low around 14; less than a half-inch of accumulation is possible.

The rest of the week gets progressively colder as temperatures slide from highs in the 20s for the remainder of the workweek, to only the upper teens by Saturday.

The National Weather Service office in Grand Rapids says lake-effect snow showers will persist through Wednesday night.

Winter storm advisories were issued for New Haven and Fairfield counties from 3 a.m.to 6 p.m. on Monday while Hartford and Tolland counties have an advisory from 4 a.m.to 7 a.m. on Monday. A mix of rain and snow is possible today across the higher elevations of north Georgia.

Along the Long Island Sound, a coastal flood advisory remains in effect from 10 a.m.to 1 p.m. Monday.

On Feb. 8, 1979, Central Illinois was being hit with a winter storm.

Meanwhile, a separate storm is expected to spread across the Mid-Atlantic region through Tuesday night.

The snow could accumulate to more than an inch, forecasters say, with higher amounts north of Interstate 74. Most locations around the area could see another inch or so, but the advised areas could see several inches.

The Weather Service forecasts about 2 to 4 inches through the rush-hour commute Wednesday morning. Expect a couple inches of snow on the ground by sunrise. Wind chill values as low as -1. Wednesday night will be mostly cloudy and cold with low temperatures in the low 20s.

Driving south from the Lehigh Valley toward Philadelphia later Tuesday could be slippery, Potter said. This won’t be like Friday’s storm with clearing conditions taking over quickly, this is just the start of a series of low systems that will bring snow to the area this week.

Thursday will be partly sunny with a high of 26 and a low around 13.