WEATHER UPDATE: Rain, Fog, and Thunderstorms Forecast for Ellington, Somers Today

After a glorious weekend of weather, which brought bright sunshine both days and 70 degrees on Saturday, it’s back to reality today.

We’ll be dealing with heavy rain and fog for most of Monday and Monday night. Also wind gusts can reach up to 16 mph on Monday and thunderstorms are expected tonight.

We can receive up to half an inch of rain during the day today. Also, the temperatures will be hovering in the high 40s to low 50s — another big change from this past weekend.

Rain will continue Monday night and up to another half inch of rain is possible before it ends early Tuesday. The temps rebound on Tuesday as cloudy skies turn partly sunny in the afternoon and we could hit 70 degrees again.

More rain showers are possible Wednesday, followed by sunny skies Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Each day the temps are forecast to be in the low to mid-50s.

The National Weather Service’s latest hyperlocal weather forecast in Ellington, Somers:

This Afternoon: Rain. Patchy fog. High near 52. East wind 13 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1am and 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Low around 50. East wind 5 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A chance of showers, mainly before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 67. South wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 53.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.

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