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WEATHER UPDATE: When Will the Windswept Soaking Rains Begin This Weekend?
The National Weather Service is forecasting heavy rain, possible thunderstorms, and gusty winds this weekend.
This weekend is looking to be an almost complete washout with windswept soaking rains and possible thunderstorms forecast beginning mid-afternoon on Saturday, intensifying in the evening hours and tapering off by early Sunday afternoon.
Some fog will be mixed in along with the chance of the thunderstorms, the National Weather Service predicts. There is no mention of the word “sun” in the latest weather update.
Before it’s all over, we’re looking at between 1-2 inches of rain statewide and possibly up to 3 inches in Hartford and Tolland counties where a “Hazardous Weather Outlook” already has been issued.
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Here is a breakdown of when the rain will begin and end by county in Connecticut:
- Fairfield County
Rain and thunderstorms are possible beginning after 2 p.m. Saturday and the temps will be around 65 degrees and winds could gust up to 26 mph.
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Saturday night 1-2 inches of rain are forecast and winds could exceed 31 mph.
The rain and storms stop in the early afternoon. Another half inch of rain is possible.
- New Haven County
Rain and thunderstorms are possible after 2 p.m. Saturday and the temps will be around 67 degrees with winds up to 25 mph.
Heavy rain and thunderstorms Saturday night, another inch of rain is forecast with winds gusting up to 27 mph.
The showers and storms taper off around noon on Sunday.
- Middlesex County
Rain begins after 5 p.m. Saturday and up to 2 inches is possible before it starts to ends around 1 p.m. Sunday.
- New London
Rain will start after 2 p.m. Saturday and winds will gust up to 34 mph at night, and before the rain stops around 1 p.m. Sunday up to 2 inches of rain is possible.
- Hartford and Tolland Counties
Up to 3 inches of rain is possible there. Showers begin Saturday after 3 p.m. and the rain and winds intensify at night and up to 2 inches could fall. Winds will be around 24 mph and the rain tapers off around 1 p.m. Sunday.
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