HARTFORD, CT (WFSB) -

9 AM UPDATE

The weather for the Patriots game at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough will be much like ours here in Connecticut: mid-40s and partly sunny with little wind. So, success for the home team will depend solely on skill; weather will not hinder. The same will be true for your day, too!

Happy Sunday,

Mike Cameron3

SLIGHTLY COOLER TODAY

Today will be sunny and pleasantly cool. A weak cold front will move through southern New England early in the day. A light northwesterly flow will usher in slightly cooler air than yesterday’s, but temperatures will remain well above normal. Highs will be a degree or two cooler than Saturday, but still in the 40s. The sky will be partly to mostly sunny.

NEXT WEEK

Icy Mix Monday, Rain Tuesday

Expect a little bit of rain or an icy mix Monday. Cold high pressure over eastern Canada will push the cold front to the south of New England by Monday morning. The front will then move northward as a warm front during the rest of the day. Meanwhile, a storm will track into the western Great Lakes Region and send moisture into the northeast, up and over the warm frontal boundary.

The result in Connecticut will be a mostly cloudy, raw day. Temperatures could stay in the 30s over interior portions of the state. Elsewhere, highs will range from 40-45. Spotty light rain and drizzle should break out in parts of the state during the late morning or afternoon. There is a chance that some of this precipitation will be a light wintry mix in northern Connecticut. Spotty rain, drizzle, and pockets of freezing rain will continue Monday night. In portions of northern Connecticut, temperatures could be close to freezing and that means there could be some light icing. Temperatures will tend to rise later Monday night as the flow turns from northeasterly to more of a southerly direction.

Tuesday morning will be rainy. A ribbon of moisture out ahead of a cold front will bring a good dose of steady rain. There may be a few heavy downpours, too. During the afternoon, a cold front will bring an end to the wet weather. Total rainfall is expected to range from 0.75” to 1.5”. Hopefully, the heavy rain won’t compound the problems we are having with ice jams on the Housatonic River and the Connecticut River.

Clearing is expected Tuesday afternoon and a strong west-northwesterly breeze will develop. Temperatures will reach 45-50, but colder air will spread over the state late Tuesday and Tuesday night.

Turning colder Wednesday through Friday

Wednesday will be partly sunny and chilly with highs in the 30s to near 40 degrees. A strong west-northwesterly wind will gust to 30-40 mph and that will certainly make it feel even colder.

High pressure will bring sunny, cold weather to the state on Thursday. Temperatures will be in the teens and low 20s Thursday morning. Afternoon highs will only be in the upper 20s and low 30s. A northwesterly wind will remain strong with gusts to 30+ mph. Wind chill temperatures will be in the single digits and teens most of the day.

High pressure will move into New England on Friday; as a result, wind will be light and the sky will be mostly sunny. The air will remain cold with morning lows 5-15 and afternoon highs 30-35.

Milder Saturday

Saturday will bring forth a reversal of the downward trend in temperature. Southwesterly flow will develop as high pressure moves east and the clockwise wind pattern allows for this wind switch. This wind will tap into milder air, helping to bring afternoon highs up to close to 40 degrees.

WINTER STORM CLARE

Clare did not live up to expectations for most of the state. Snowfall ranged from little or nothing at the coast to 1-5” over interior portions of the state. There were some totals that exceeded 6” in far northwestern Connecticut. For that part of the state, our forecast was spot on. We received reports of 8” in Norfolk and 7” in Falls Village, Canaan, and Sharon. However, only 1-2” of snow fell in the Greater Hartford and Waterbury areas. That was far below our forecast of 3-6”.

Winter Storm Clare remained very weak with only minor intensification near the coast of New England. Therefore, there wasn’t enough lift in the atmosphere to produce the heavier totals that we originally predicted.

Meteorologist Mike Cameron and Chief Meteorologist Bruce DePrest

Quiet Sunday, then wet early next week!