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Snow, Sleet Forecast Tonight for Fairfield [UPDATED]

The National Weather Service is reporting up to 1 to 2 inches of snow and sleet to fall in Fairfield by morning.

Update, 3:30 p.m.

All Fairfield Public School afternoon and evening activities, including the fifth grade math parent night, are cancelled.

Update, 1:37 p.m.

The Department of Motor Vehicles has announced that all road tests scheduled before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, are cancelled due to expected inclement weather and poor road conditions. Testing will resume at 1 p.m.

Anyone with a cancelled road test can call DMV to choose a new date. Call  800-842-8222 to reschedule. DMV is also attempting to contact customers with road test appointments to advise them of the schedule change.

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Old Man Winter might have at least one more trick up his sleeve.

According to the National Weather Service, a wintry mix could bring one to two inches of snow and sleet to the area overnight. The forecasts for tonight and tomorrow by that service are as follows:

  • Tonight: Snow before midnight, then rain, snow, and sleet between midnight and 1 a.m., then rain and sleet after 1 a.m. Low around 33. Breezy, with a east wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
  • Tuesday: Rain, mainly before 3 p.m. High near 44. East wind 13 to 18 mph becoming north 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100 percent. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
  • Tuesday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 7 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

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