Rainy Work Week Weather Forecast For Orange

The good news with all of the recent and now predicted rain this week is drought conditions are beginning to ease up in Connecticut. And we’ll be adding more rain this week as well but while the work week looks pretty rainy, next weekend looks almost perfect with plenty of sunshine and temps into the 70s.

Temps will also moderate headed into the weekend with the whole state seeing 70s degrees by Friday.
WTNH News 8 Meteorologist Gil Simmons wrote, “Sunshine will give away the clouds today with highs in the 60s and low 70s. It will be colder near Long Island Sound. Dry weather all day long followed by some rain tonight. Plan on a rainy Tuesday and Wednesday!”

The National Weather Service has already issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook for Hartford and Tolland counties saying “moderate to heavy rain is forecast” and possibly locally dense fog on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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Here’s the updated forecast via the National Weather Service:

Monday: Sun gives way to clouds. Temps low 60s. Rain moves in after midnight.

Tuesday: Rain off and on throughout the day. Temps, colder, only near 50 degrees. Up to a half inch of rain is possible. Steady rain Tuesday night with another half inch of rain expected.

Wednesday: Another quarter of an inch of rain is possible as rain is expected during the morning hours before tapering off in the afternoon. Temps near 60 degrees.

Thursday: Partly sunny, high near 70 degrees.

Friday: Partly sunny, high near 70 degrees.

Saturday and Sunday: Sunshine and temps into the low to mid 70s.

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— By BRIAN MCCREADY (Patch National Staff)