CT Weather: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued For Parts Of State

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Fairfield, Hartford, New Haven, and Litchfield counties up until 10 p.m. Friday.

Another day of potentially stormy weather awaits us this afternoon and evening before we clear out and see an improvement this weekend, especially on Sunday. The National Weather Service has issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for much of the state Friday due to thunderstorm and hail concerns.

As always with thunderstorms, some areas may get hit hard and some others won't see a drop of rain. The only area of the state that doesn't have a Hazardous Weather Outlook is New London County and the immediate coast of Middlesex County.

According to the National Weather Service, Fairfield, New Haven and northern parts of Middlesex counties, "There is a low chance for damaging winds, large hail, and flash flooding from thunderstorms this afternoon into tonight."

For Hartford, Tolland and Windham counties, "There is a low chance of strong to possibly severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening from near Ashburnham to Hampden, Enfield and Southington westward. The main threat will be damaging wind gusts."

For New London County and the coast of Middlesex County there is a 50 percent chance of showers and storms mainly after 9 p.m. Friday and fog will be a concern overnight.

For Litchfield County, the weather service says, "The Storm Prediction Center has placed most of eastern New York and adjacent western New England within a Marginal to Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms for this afternoon and evening. Damaging wind gusts and hail one inch in diameter or greater would be the primary threats from these scattered thunderstorms. There is a marginal to slight risk for excessive rainfall this afternoon and evening. Some lines of slow moving thunderstorms could produce highly localized nuisance flooding, mainly in urban and poor drainage areas and low spots in hilly terrain."

Storms may spill over into all of Connecticut Saturday morning before clearing is expected in the afternoon Saturday.

WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons says, "Sunshine and warm temperatures today with highs in the 80s to around 90. Keep your eyes to the sky there could be some big thunderstorms later in the afternoon going into the evening! Some showers and thunderstorms tonight into Saturday morning. Some sun but also a pop-up thunderstorm Saturday afternoon! Beautiful sunny and low humidity on Sunday!"

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Here is the detailed weekend forecast for Southern CT:

Today
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. South wind 3 to 8 mph.

Tonight
Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 9pm and midnight. Some of the storms could produce small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. South wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 83. North wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 68.

Here is the detailed weekend forecast for Northern CT:

Today
A chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight
A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 10am. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 86. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.

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