Delayed Openings & Closures Due To Reported Road Conditions
Newtown Municipal Center, and Newtown Community Center all have delayed openings this morning due to reported road conditions.
The schools system closed for the day. After announcing last night that there would be a two-hour delayed opening this morning, an updated announcement was received this morning saying the schools would instead be closed for Thursday, January 20.
A CodeRED issued this morning has announced Newtown Municipal Center will have a one hour delayed opening, "due to road conditions." The building at 3 Primrose Street will be opening at 9 pm.
Newtown Community Center is on a two-hour delayed opening, as announced last night. Morning classes are all canceled today.
C.H. Booth Library will open at noon today.
Snow is falling at this hour and is expected to continue until about noon, according to the National Weather Service. The temperature is right at the 32 degree mark as of 7:30 am, and not expected to go much higher.
Rain elsewhere in the region will gradually transition to snow from north to south this morning, according to the weather service. All areas area expected to be all snow by mid morning. The snow will taper off from northwest to southeast from late morning into the early afternoon
Temperatures will fall, also according to the weather service, to 26 degrees by late afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80% and total daytime snow accumulation "of around an inch [is] possible."
Businessses and other entities that have delayed openings due to weather are invited to contact Associate Editor Shannon Hicks at shannon@thebee.com to have announcements added to this post as well as our Facebook and Twitter pages.