SUFFIELD WEATHER UPDATE: The Spring-Like Weather Continues ... For A While

Ah, the first day of Daylight Saving Time — it was still light well into the evening and for the first time in weeks, the temperature was well above the freezing mark.

This weekend was the first since mid-January, that there hasn’t been a snowstorm or significant weather event. And in many towns and cities across the state with temperatures in the 40s, it’s a trend that should continue through the week. Although, weather forecasters and the National Weather Service are predicting that could change by week’s end.

Here’s what NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Darren Sweeney writes on his Facebook page, “Getting milder through Wednesday. Mildest day is Wednesday. Then, colder air starts trying to make a comeback at the end of the week.”

WFSB 3 TV Meteorologist Scot Haney writes “While we got a break from the stormy weather this weekend,, we won’t be as fortunate next weekend. A storm will move northward from the Gulf States while high pressure will set up shop to our north across Eastern Canada. The storm will likely move off the Mid-Atlantic Coast to the south of New England Saturday night and Sunday. Since the storm is still 6 days away I won’t get too specific just yet. However, it does look like we’ll have to deal with wet snow, sleet, and rain. Precipitation will probably develop on Saturday (although the timing is still in question) and it could linger well into Sunday.”

In the meantime — enjoy this balmy weather and hope we don’t have a ‘throwback Thursday’ to the near zero temps we’ve endured for the past seven weeks.

But in the interim, we may see a few flurries overnight Sunday into Monday.

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Here is the Suffield hyperlocal National Weather Service forecast:

• Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.
  
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. South wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
  
• Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.
  
• Tuesday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
  
• Tuesday Night: Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph.
  
• Wednesday: Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 48.
  
• Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28.
  
• Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 42.
  
• Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.
• Friday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  
• Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  
• Saturday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
  
• Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  
• Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41.
  

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Photo credits: Barbara Heins. Photo #1: temperature on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Photo #2: A snowy birdhouse in Greenwich.