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Our team of meteorologists is watching a storm set to come through on Wednesday. The day starts out quietly, but rain moves in during the afternoon. It appears the evening commute will be affected. In addition to the rain, strong and potentially damaging winds pick up Wednesday afternoon. Wind gusts may get up to around 55 mph. The strongest winds…

The rainfall over the last two days has caused small rivers and streams to rise across the state. One of the rivers that increased in flow and height the most was the Yantic River in the Norwich area. The area experienced between 6 to 8 inches of rainfall. Two days ago the river was running close to a record low…

Just two weeks ago, the Yantic River in Norwich was barely flowing thanks to drought conditions, but it looked far different Tuesday after two days of heavy rain.

Parts of the state will continue to see heavy rain move through, with a chance of flash flooding in some areas. A flash flood warning was in effect for New London County and Windham County and a tornado warning that was issued for Fairfield County were both canceled early. Our First Alert meteorologists detected rotation in the Redding area at…

NBC Connecticut meteorologists are tracking gorgeous weather as we head through Saturday. Expect generally mostly sunny skies with temperatures climbing into the low to middle 80s. Clouds will increase a bit as we head into Sunday with a few scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm possible by Sunday afternoon. The bulk of the rain holds off until late Monday morning…

NBC Connecticut Meteorologists are tracking moderate to heavy periods of rain moving throughout the state. The heaviest rain will move through the state during the afternoon hours. In total parts of the state could see close to an inch of rain. Another round of rain showers and thunderstorm activity is possible on Tuesday. Temperatures today will run slightly below normal…

Some rain is moving through and today will feature partly to mostly sunny skies by the afternoon hours. High temperatures today will be in the low to middle 80s. A cold front will push through the region tonight bringing with it a chance for an isolated shower. Following the frontal passage, gorgeous weather will work into the state on Friday…