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Groton Weather Report: Heavy Rain, Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued
The rain, which will be possibly heavy at times, will begin Saturday morning and could result in some flooding of poor drainage areas.
By Brian McCready (Patch Staff) and Jaimie Cura
And we thought we’d escape the weekend without any weather advisories! Well, not so fast!
The National Weather Service issued a “Hazardous Weather Outlook” for the area for late Friday and Saturday for heavy rains, the chance of some ice, and the possibility of some flooding.
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According to the Hazardous Weather Outlook, periods of rain will take place late Friday. Any ice accumulation would be less than a tenth of an inch.
There is a low chance of ice jam flooding of rivers and streams due to snow melt and rainfall Saturday and Saturday night, the NWS predicts.
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It’s possible the precipitation may begin as a little ice and sleet, but will quickly change to a cold soaking rain that will last until early Sunday, and may end as some snow showers.
Between a half-inch and three-quarters of an inch of rain is predicted.
NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Darren Sweeney writes:
“As mentioned in my last post, the amount of wintry [precipitation] we get over the weekend depends on amount of cold air, evolution of storm track, etc.
It looks like mostly a cold rain with some sleet freezing rain early on in the a.m. Don’t be surprised to see some snow showers on Sunday. Looks like a blustery and chilly week ahead.
We go from 50ish and feeling fab, to feeling wind chills. You have to just love March in New England.”
Your Local Forecast
Friday Night: A chance of rain after 5 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday: Rain, mainly after 8 a.m. High near 43. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Saturday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 7 p.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Sunday: A chance of showers before 7 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.
Photo: The Weather Channel
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