Weekend Storm Brewing For CT: Here Are The New Details

If you have weekend plans, hopefully it's scheduled for Saturday. Saturday looks like a nice winter day, sunshine and temps in the low 40s. Sunday doesn't look good with lots of rain and possibly ice in inland and northern sections of Connecticut.

The rain/ice won't begin until late Saturday. Up to an inch and a half of rain is expected through Sunday evening and winds are expected to be gusty too, especially on Monday.

The National Weather Service says, "Friday will be cooler, but still a few degrees above normal, with highs in the 40s and overnight lows generally ranging from the 20s to the lower 30s....The next chance for any precipitation will be late in the day Saturday and continuing into Sunday as a frontal system approaches. Precipitation will generally be in the form of rain (for Southern Connecticut."

But in northern parts of the state, a Hazardous Weather Outlook has already been issued in advance of this weekend's storm. "A wintry mess is forecast across much of Southern New England. A brief burst of snow and sleet followed by a longer period of freezing rain, especially across the interior and away from the coastline. Greater concern is ice accretion on all surfaces beginning Saturday night into the first-half of Sunday. Hazardous travel impacts. At times, reductions to visibility."

And also in northern sections of the state from Sunday night through Monday night you can expect "Strong, damaging winds, especially around Monday. Forecasting wind gusts of 35 to 45 mph, possibly in excess of 50 mph. Anticipated impacts of power outages and blocked roadways due to downed trees and/or tree limbs. Wind headlines are likely."

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Here is the weekend weather forecast for Southern Connecticut:

Tonight
Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Friday
Sunny, with a high near 44. Wind chill values between 25 and 35. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Friday Night
Clear, with a low around 28. Light north wind.

Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night
Rain, mainly after 11pm. Steady temperature around 38. Light southeast wind becoming east 10 to 15 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday
Rain. High near 50. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy.

Here is the weekend weather forecast for Northern Connecticut:

Tonight
Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

Friday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Friday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night
A chance of rain, snow, and sleet before midnight, then freezing rain between midnight and 4am, then rain after 4am. Low around 31. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.

Sunday
Rain, mainly before 1pm. High near 48. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.