STAMFORD WEATHER UPDATE: Heavy Rain, Fog and Wind in the Forecast

After a glorious weekend of weather, which brought bright sunshine both days, and 70 degrees on Saturday, it’s back to reality today.

We’ll be dealing with heavy rain and fog for most of Monday and Monday night. Winds will be gusty between 25-30 mph for most of the day.

With the winds, the NWS issued a hazardous weather outlook through 2 p.m. Wednesday with localized minor coastal flooding along the western end of Long Island Sound. Tides are expected to be up to a foot above the astronomical tides.

Up to an inch of rain is expected with the temperatures hovering in the high 40s to low 50s.

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Rain will continue Monday night with another half inch possible before it ends early Tuesday. The temperatures should rebound on Tuesday as cloudy skies turn partly sunny in the afternoon and a high of 70 degrees possible.

More rain showers are possible Wednesday, followed by sunny skies Thursday, Friday, and into the weekend. Each day the temperatures are forecast to be in the low to mid-50s.

Stay dry today and have a great week!

Here’s Stamford’s local forecast:

• Today: Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Patchy fog. High near 56. Breezy, with an east wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
• Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Areas of fog. Low around 51. East wind 5 to 9mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. West wind 9 to 14 mph.
• Tuesday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 5 to 11 mph.
• Wednesday: A chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. West wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Wednesday night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56.
• Thursday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.
• Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.
• Friday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.
• Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

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