Southbury Declares State of Emergency [Updated]

Update:

With snow starting to pile up, public schools were cancelled earlier this morning and now, the Town of Southbury has declared a state of emergency. 

In a statement, First Selectman Ed Edelson states:

"Due to the frequency of storms this winter and the high demand for salt by all municipalities, I have declared a local state of emergency in order to expedite the expenditure of non-budgeted funds for the purchase of road salt in order to keep our inventory at the maximum level. This will be addressed in an emergency meeting with the Board of Selectmen at noon and will be further reviewed at this week's Board of Selectmen meeting."

The Parks & Recreation Department has also cancelled all activities today. 

Our original report follows:

Punxsutawney Phil predicted more winter Sunday and that's exactly what we'll see this week, beginning with snow on Monday.

The storm could bring anywhere between 3 inches and 7 inches along the coast and between 2 inches and 5 inches inland, according to the National Weather Service (NWS), which issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook ahead of the storm.

The precipitation will start before dawn Monday in the form of rain, sleet and snow. By 4 a.m., it will likely just be snow coming down and it will stay that way till about 2 p.m., the NWS predicts.

Tuesday will bring mostly sunny skies, and then there's a chance for another wintry mix Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.