CT winter storms on back-to-back nights will cause 'hazardous' morning commutes this week, NWS warns

Clouds will increase Tuesday ahead of a winter storm tonight that will bring snow to Connecticut, according to the National Weather Service.

The storm will likely cause "untreated roads being snow covered and hazardous tonight into the Wednesday morning commute," the weather service's New York office said in a bulletin.

Wednesday should otherwise see a slight chance of snow in the morning, then a slight chance in the afternoon as a second winter storm arrives Wednesday into Thursday. 

The second event is expected to bring a wintry mix of snow, sleet and "patchy" freezing rain, the weather service said.

That storm may "result in untreated roads being hazardous Wednesday night into the Thursday morning commute," the bulletin said.

The latest snow forecasts call for most of the state to see less than 2 inches of snow between early Tuesday and Thursday evening, with slightly lower amounts possible in Litchfield and southern Tolland counties. 

Ahead of the two storms, Tuesday should otherwise see a mix of sun and clouds to start out the day before becoming cloudy by sundown. Highs will be mostly be in the mid- to low-30s, with highs in the upper 20s in the northwest. Lows started out in the teens Tuesday morning.