An extreme cold watch is in effect for Litchfield County for Saturday afternoon through Sunday. Wind gusts 30-40 mph and air temperatures near zero-degrees will make it feel like -20 to -30.

Winter will make a brutal return this weekend with snow showers, gusty winds, and our most brutal wind chills so far this season. Snow showers are expected late Friday night through Saturday morning. 1" of snow is expected which will cause slippery travel conditions Saturday morning.

Brutal wind arrives Saturday afternoon with temperatures dropping from the teens to the single digits throughout the day. the wind chills will be sub zero all day Saturday and life-threatening cold arrives Saturday night. The entire state will be near or below 0 on Sunday morning and wind chills will drop to -15 to -30. Wind chills will remain below zero degrees all day Sunday.

For some perspective, our coldest air so far this season has brought wind chills down to about -10 for Bridgeport. This airmass is colder, and windier than anything we have seen so far this season.