CT Weather: Thanksgiving Week Forecast Details Released

CONNECTICUT — The best weather day of the next seven days is, thankfully, Thanksgiving Day. Sunshine and temperatures in the mid 50s are forecast.

Before we get to Thanksgiving, we're looking at rain developing Sunday evening and ending Monday morning. Less than a half inch of rain is forecast.

Sunshine will return Monday afternoon and temperatures will be in the 50s. It will be much cooler on Tuesday and Wednesday with temperatures in the low to mid 40s.

After a 24-hour warm-up on Thanksgiving Day, it's back into the 40s on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. No major rain or snow chances in the forecast.

If you're wondering when we may see snow, The Weather Channel is forecasting no snow chances through at least December 5.

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Here are the extended forecast details for southern Connecticut via the weather service:

Tonight: Showers, mainly after 10pm. Low around 46. South wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Monday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 54. West wind 7 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 43. Wind chill values between 25 and 35. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph.

Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 45.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

Thanksgiving Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 48.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45.

Here are the extended forecast details for northern Connecticut via the weather service:

Tonight: Showers, mainly after 8pm. Patchy fog after 2am. Low around 43. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Monday: Showers, mainly before 9am. Patchy fog before 11am. High near 52. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 39. Northwest wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 20. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thanksgiving Day: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Light west wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 7 to 9 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. West wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind 3 to 7 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. West wind 3 to 8 mph.