Category: Forecasts
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Hot and humid week coming
Sunny and warm but also dry and comfortable today with temperatures touching the upper 80’s. The humidity begins to creep up tomorrow. Thursday through Saturday will be downright hot and humid with heatwave conditions likely for inland areas. Scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms are expected over a number of afternoons beginning…
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Drought Building after a meager rain threat passes
A round of thunderstorms with heavy rain is likely during the mid afternoon hours tomorrow. Warm and very humid temperatures give way to cooler and less humid weather by Sunday. Temperatures moderate again towards the middle of next week when another shower and thunderstorm threat returns Wednesday.
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Drying out midweek
Sunshine and seasonable temperatures last into tomorrow. As high pressure departs to the east tomorrow night, south and then southwesterly winds will bring in a warmer and more humid airmass Friday night and Saturday. A cold front passage on Saturday will ensure that the humidity is short lived. Hit or miss shower…
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July 2016 Precipitation Summary
A month that was characterized by a markedly dry stretch during a period from July 5 to 25th only 0.20″ of rainfall was measured. A couple larger events, a 0.88″ rainfall on July 5th and a 1.01″ rainfall event on July 29th helped lessen this month’s deficit.
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Unsettled Weather early week
Partial sunshine and seasonable today. Clouds increase this afternoon with rain showers developing and lasting into the overnight period. Some of the rain will be locally heavy. Sunshine returns for the middle of the week, with some more showers possible by Saturday as another cold front approaches. Discussion: Approaching upper level energy will…
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Humidity/Unsettled Weather to Return
Warm weather lingers through Thursday with temperatures still nearing 90ºF. A westerly wind pattern here regionally will continue to drop our humidity and keep heat indices down. Late this week some unsettled weather returns introducing some scattered shower and thunderstorm development. Currently monitoring an area of locally heavy rain that may develop and pass nearby Friday. Partial sunshine…
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Temperatures drop a bit mid week.
A surge in heat and humidity arrives today as a warm front lifts through the region. An approaching cold front later this evening will help trigger scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms, some of which could be heavy.
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Hottest weekend of the year… So far
Discussion: A cold front passage tonight will help drop the humidity. Very little temperature relief is expected though despite the Saturday feeling more comfortable in many places. Westerly downslope winds will keep even the shoreline areas hot with widespread 90’s expected. Sunshine and dry weather for Sunday with high pressure in…
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A strong thunderstorm and a weekend heat wave
Noon Update: A heat wave is forecast for today through Tuesday for most of Connecticut. Isolated thunderstorms today*, falling humidity tonight with a sunny and hot weekend to follow. Humidity builds again Sunday night with a warm front passage. Hot and humid Monday then a cold front passage Monday night…
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Heat and Humidity rollercoaster.
Discussion: Southerly flow around a departing high brings the heat and humidity back up beginning tomorrow night. A weak cold front approaches late on Friday with some showers and thunderstorms developing out ahead of it. Some of those storms could be strong, although it does appear that the best shortwave energy…
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