CT Weather: Storms To Break Up This Awful Humidity Wednesday

Another day, another chance for thunderstorms and oppressive heat and humidity in Connecticut. The silver lining is that the storms are expected to break the humidity a little bit on Thursday. Wednesday won't be a washout either as there will also be plenty of periods of sun too.

The National Weather Service says, "Warm and humid conditions will continue today" as temps will be in the uppers 80s at the immediate coast and into the low 90s inland.

"As a weak cold front slowly approaches from the west, scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop this afternoon into this evening. Some of these storms could contain strong gusty winds and heavy rainfall...

"A few showers and storms may linger into the day on Thursday before the cold front pushes offshore. The humidity will slowly decrease in the wake of the front and skies will begin to clear, although temperatures will continue to run about 5 degrees above normal."

A Hazardous Weather Outlook and Heat Advisory are in effect statewide today. For Southern Connecticut, the heat advisory ends at 6 p.m. and the heat index could approach 100 degrees. The heat advisory also ends at 6 p.m. in northern parts of the state. (To sign up for free, local breaking news alerts from more than 100 Connecticut communities, click here.)

The National Weather Service also says for northern parts of the state that "A few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible this afternoon through Thursday. Main threat would be very localized strong to damaging wind gusts. In addition...any thunderstorm that develop will be capable of producing torrential rainfall resulting a very localized flood threat."

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Here is the updated weather forecast for Southern Connecticut:

Today
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 11am. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 88. Heat index values as high as 96. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight
Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could produce gusty winds and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. West wind 6 to 8 mph.

Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 70. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Friday
Sunny, with a high near 87. West wind around 6 mph.

Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 72.

Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84.

Saturday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.

Sunday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.

Sunday Night
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.

Here is the updated weather forecast for Northern Connecticut:

Today
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Increasing clouds, with a low around 73. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog between 7am and 8am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 67. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Friday
Sunny, with a high near 87. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph.

Friday Night
A slight chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 81.

Saturday Night
A chance of showers. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday
A chance of showers. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night
A chance of showers. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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