Our StormTracker meteorologists are tracking a storm that is bringing pouring rain, strong winds, and coastal flooding to the state through Thursday. Some parts of the state will also get snow.
Winds will increase with gusts between 20 to 40 miles per hour. The shoreline will be the windiest with gusts between 50 to 55 miles per hour possible.
Some schools delayed opening Thursday morning due to the weather. See a full list here.
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Wind advisories have been issued for parts of the state with a high wind warning issued along the shoreline.
Temperatures will cool below freezing in higher elevations as we go into Thursday morning. Any leftover precipitation could change over to sleet and snow.
Parts of Litchfield County and northern areas eastern Connecticut could see a coating to an inch of snow on grassy surfaces. The higher elevations of Litchfield County could see 1 to 3 inches of snow.
Eversource is warning customers about flooding concerns with the ground already saturated from last week's storm.
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A spokesperson said they're closely monitoring the forecast and prepositioning crews around the state to respond to any damage or outages.
Eversource was reporting around 3,200 outages overnight.
Weather damage and delays
Towns across the state are seeing flooding and strong winds cause downed trees and wires.
Greenwich's Point Park is delaying opening until after high tide, which is expected at about 8 a.m.
In Norfolk, the fire department has responded to numerous incidents because of slippery roads. Big winds have brought down many trees, broken telephone poles and wires.
Fairfield police posted to X, formerly Twitter, for residents of Fairfield Beach to move their vehicles to higher ground as high tide approached at 7:30 p.m.
After the snow moves out, Friday looks mostly cloudy with highs near 47. Saturday will be gray and there will be better weather on Sunday.
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