CT Weather: Heavy Rain Ends Today, Beautiful Weekend Awaits

The good news is that it will stop raining this afternoon and the even better news is that the coming weekend looks to be gorgeous with sunshine and temps right around room temperature at 72 degrees.

The bad news is that right now more heavy rain is pelting the state, which is bad news since we're just a couple of days removed from a flooding rainstorm. The rain will taper off by early afternoon to showers. Another two inches of rain is possible before the rain ends.

There are several advisories and watches in effect for Connecticut this morning.

Northern Middlesex-Northern New London-Southern Middlesex-

The Flash Flood Watch continues Until noon EDT today

* Low pressure just off to the south shifts east this morning, bringing areas of rainfall to the region. Up to an additional half inch to three quarters of an inch of rainfall will be possible this morning.

* Heavier rainfall rates and total amounts could cause urban and highway flooding during the morning rush. Minor small stream flooding is also possible.

New London, New Haven and Middlesex counties:

The National Weather Service in Upton NY has issued a Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for Poor Drainage Areas.

* At 627 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain moving across the advisory area. Excessive runoff from the heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...Jewett City, New Haven, Waterbury, Meriden, Milford, Middletown, Wallingford, Norwich, Naugatuck, New London, Guilford, Southbury,
Wolcott, Colchester and Clinton.

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The Flash Flood Watch continues for Portions of northern Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, including the following areas, in northern Connecticut, Hartford, Tolland, and Windham.

* Through this afternoon

* An area of moderate to locally heavy rainfall is expected to fall over southern New England this morning, moving eastward before exiting the area later this afternoon. Widespread rainfall of 0.5 to 1.5 inches of rainfall is expected, however locally higher totals up are possible. This system will likely produce very localized totals in which locations under a heavy band could see 1-3" while others see less than an inch.

* Streams and small rivers are running much higher than normal, and the ground is saturated. This is due to the recent series of heavy rainfall events. Therefore, the region is vulnerable to flash flooding.

Fairfield County: There is a Hazardous Weather Outlook issued here.

Today
Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 10am, then rain between 10am and noon, then scattered showers after noon. Steady temperature around 58. North wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Here is the weekend forecast for Southern CT:

Today

Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 11am, then rain between 11am and 1pm, then scattered showers after 1pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Steady temperature around 59. North wind 11 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight
Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 54. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday
Sunny, with a high near 72. West wind 3 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 52. North wind around 8 mph.

Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 70. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the afternoon.

Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Here is the updated weekend weather forecast for Northern CT:

Today
Showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog. High near 58. North wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight
Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Light and variable wind.

Saturday
Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 49. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.