WEATHER UPDATE: Strong Storms, Heavy Rains, Flash Flooding For Ridgefield

This certainly doesn’t feel like June 1, it feels more like Oct. 1. Temperatures will be in the mid 50s today, but the temperatures aren’t the real story.

The National Weather Service has issued both a “Hazardous Weather Outlook” and “Flash Flood Watch” for the entire state of Connecticut, which lasts until Tuesday at 8 p.m.

According to the National Weather Service periods of showers and thunderstorms with heavy rain will continue through Tuesday as several disturbances track into the area impacting Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex, and New London counties.

“Heavy rain with rainfall rates as high as 2 to 3 inches per hour could cause flash flooding,” the weather service writes adding that up to 4 inches in certain areas is possible.

Up north in Hartford and Tolland counties the advisories are the same as the southern part of the state, but the details are slightly different.

The National Weather Service writes that “another round of heavy rainfall will approach Connecticut early this morning bringing an additional 1 to 2 inches of rain in an already saturated region. Expect a few more waves of heavy rainfall to impact the area tonight and tomorrow.”

Additionally, the heavy rainfall may produce flooding problems as well.

Once we get past Tuesday the weather is better and calmer as the sun returns Wednesday with highs near 70, more sun and around 70 on Thursday, and clouds are back on Friday with temps in the mid 70s, but as of right now no rain is forecast.

Here is Ridgefield’s latest stormy hyperlocal forecast from the National Weather Service:

• Today: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. High near 58. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
• Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Low around 52. East wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
• Tuesday: Rain, mainly before 3pm. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 63. North wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
• Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 44. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.
• Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Light and variable wind.
• Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 52.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 72.
• Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.
• Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76.
• Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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