Middlebury, Woodbury Weather Report: Heavy Rain, Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued

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.

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.

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 4 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. South wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain, mainly before 5 p.m. High near 43. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain showers before 3 a.m., then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 9 a.m., then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers before 9 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 47.

Photo: The Weather Channel