Update, 7:10 — Snow has begun to fall.
Tuesday, 5:40 a.m. — Because of the forecast of snow today, Ridgefield schools will be closed.
School officials said the closing is “because of caution about forecast and timing of weather and road conditions.”
Most area school districts, such as Danbury, Wilton, Weston, New Canaan, Greenwich, and Darien, are closed, too.
The National Weather Service reports that up to five or more inches of wet snow are expected in this area.
Snow is predicted to begin falling soon and continue until around 5 p.m.
Accumulations of three to five inches are predicted, “with locally higher amounts possible,” the weather service said.
The weather service is also warning that there may be black ice on some roads and other surfaces this morning, the result of yesterday’s moisure freezing overnight.