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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings were issued in various parts of the state Sunday afternoon. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch was in effect across the state until 8 p.m. There were Severe Thunderstorm Warnings for Hartford, Tolland, Windham, New Haven and New London counties but they have since expired. Near quarter-sized hail was picked up on Doppler Radar. The main threats with the…

Meteorologist Joshua Cingranelli has the forecast on June 27th,2020

A heat wave occurs when temperatures reach or exceed 90 degrees for 3 consecutive days. The heat wave officially started on Saturday with a high temperature of 92 degrees. Sunday once again reached a high temperature of 92 degrees. Temperatures on Monday surged to a high temperature of 94 degrees. Tuesday and Wednesday the high temperature reached 91 degrees. We…

After a few towns woke up to flurries early Thursday morning, we’re watching a greater chance for snow Friday night into Saturday morning. We are still a bit uncertain as to the exact track of the storm and just how intense the system would be. Our most accurate computer model, the European model brings a robust system to the...

The weather will be quiet for any Easter Sunday plans with partly to mostly cloudy skies and temperatures rising into the middle to upper 50s. A strong storm system will track towards Connecticut Sunday into Monday. Rain will overspread the state Monday morning with winds picking up as well. A High Wind Watch has been posted for all of Connecticut….

The weather will be quiet for any Easter Sunday plans with partly to mostly cloudy skies and temperatures rising into the middle to upper 50s. A strong storm system will track towards Connecticut Sunday into Monday. Rain will overspread the state Monday morning with winds picking up as well. A High Wind Watch has been posted for all of Connecticut….

Meteorologist Joshua Cingranelli has the forecast on April11th,2020

After a windy end to the week, the weekend is looking nicer. It will be less windy, but still breezy today and will turn milder by Easter Sunday. By Monday, a strong storm will bring us a round of high winds, heavy rain and even afternoon thunderstorms. An intense area of low pressure will head to our west on Monday….

I traveled to Boston Massachusetts to interview one of the people who created the bomb cyclone term Dr. John Gyakum. Dr Gyakum is now a professor in meteorology at McGill University in Montreal Quebec, Canada. Dr. Gyakum along with Fred Sanders introduced the term in a 1980 meteorology paper. A bomb cyclone is a weather phenomenon that we experience on…

After a fairly quiet weekend of weather, the week ahead is looking quite unsettled. An area of low pressure heading to our west by Monday morning will spread precipitation across the state. While we will be on the warmer side of the storm, we could see enough cold air for a wintry mix to start Monday morning. The best chance…

Wind chills could be below zero by Thursday morning.

The NBC Connecticut Meteorologists have issued a First Alert for a wintry mix that could affect your Tuesday morning commute.