CT Weather: Rain and Storms Continue But The Weekend Is Great

There is good news and bad news concerning Connecticut's weather forecast for the remainder of the week. First, the good news is that this coming weekend is forecast to be beautiful with sunshine and temps around 80 degrees for both Saturday and Sunday.

And the bad news is, before we get to the weekend rain and thunderstorms and gloomy skies will now dominate through Thursday before the weather improves considerably on Friday. But as we know, we're very fortunate that the powerful Hurricane Florence, which is a category four storm, will likely have minimal to no impacts for us. Unfortunately for the Carolinas, the hurricane is expected to make landfall on Thursday and could produce more than 20 inches of rain there and hurricane force winds.

The National Weather Service says, "Cloudy and rainy conditions persist into today as a warm front slowly moves through the area. An isolated rumble of thunder will be possible as well. With ample cloud cover and a cool onshore flow, temperatures will remain below climatological normals in the mid to upper 70s.

Fog then develops again tonight, with humidity steadily increasing as the warm front moves to our north. Chances of showers and thunderstorms persist into Wednesday as a cold front quickly follows and stalls across the area. Additionally, high surf and a risk of rip currents will continue into late week as the area receives swells ahead of hurricane Florence."

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons said "Dreary and cool with some fog and drizzle this morning. Some brightening midday but also the risk of a passing shower today. High temperatures mostly in the 70s with a few spots around 80°. The humidity going up today and staying that way through Thursday with the scattered shower threat. Drying out brighter skies Friday into the weekend." (Keep up with CT events and news by subscribing to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)

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Here is the updated weather forecast for Southern CT:

Today
Patchy drizzle and thunderstorms before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Areas of fog before 1pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. North wind 5 to 9 mph becoming calm in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of fog after 7pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 80. East wind 3 to 7 mph.

Wednesday Night
A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 70. East wind around 7 mph.

Thursday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 76. Northeast wind around 9 mph.

Thursday Night
Cloudy, with a low around 68.

Friday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77.

Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.

Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 77.

Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.

Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.

Here is the updated weather forecast for Northern CT:

Today

Isolated showers between 10am and 1pm, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming south around 6 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
Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after midnight. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 78. Light north wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night
A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rain. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 68. Light east wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday
A chance of showers, mainly before 11am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Northeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday Night
A slight chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80.

Friday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63.

Saturday
Partly sunny, with a high near 81.

Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 62.

Sunday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.

Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 63.

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