Hurricane Florence Will Impact CT After All: Here's When, How

Rewrite. It had appeared that Connecticut would see zero impacts from Hurricane Florence and that is no longer the case. Florence will not move up the coast and hit us directly, but the remnants from this powerful storm will now impact us. Several inches of rain are now expected Tuesday as the track of the storm continues to shift.

Hurricane Florence made landfall as a Category 1 storm this morning in North Carolina and will continue to drop dozens of inches of rain in the South before the remnants move north. Before Florence's remnants impact us next week, the weekend should be dry, seasonal and even feature some sun, and that is good news because we haven't seen the sun since last week in Connecticut.

NBC CT Meteorologist Darren Sweeney wrote in a lengthy social media post that "While we're focused on the Southeast, many messages are coming in asking "what about us here in the northeast." At this point, it looks like Florence is going to meander for a couple of days across the SE (dumping historic rain) but there are now signals that the remnants will eventually get sucked up along a front that will come through here on Tuesday.
At this time (and it is subject to change as the immediate track is not set in stone) It looks like we'll see a round a heavy rain and even some breezy conditions by Tuesday.

"The map below show the potential track. This is the best case scenario for us. It will travel over land and lose the winds but the rain will be impressive. 2-4" of rain is not out of the question. Subject to change, as usually the case with tropical forecasts." (To sign up for free, local breaking news alerts from more than 100 Connecticut communities, click here.)

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Here is the updated weather forecast for Southern Connecticut:

Today
Patchy drizzle before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. East wind around 8 mph.

Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. East wind 3 to 6 mph.

Saturday
Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 80. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 64. South wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 79. Light and variable wind.

Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.

Monday
A 30 percent chance of showers after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 77.

Monday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a low around 67.

Tuesday
A 50 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 79.

Tuesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66

Here is the updated weather forecast for Northern Connecticut:

Today
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Tonight
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday
Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 82. Light east wind.

Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 3 to 5 mph.

Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Light and variable wind.

Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.

Monday
Partly sunny, with a high near 79.

Monday Night
A chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday
Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. High near 77. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday Night
Rain likely, mainly before midnight. The rain could be heavy at times. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Chance of precipitation is 70%.