A FLASH FLOOD WATCH is up for the immediate shoreline.
Today is going to be absolutely miserable- a total washout in every sense of the word. It's pouring out there right now, and this will continue for several more hours as an off-season nor'easter continues to make its' presence felt throughout the state. This type of event is really quite rare- perhaps once every three years or so- but it happens...so we just have to get through it. The end result will be an average of a bit more than an inch of rain, but some areas could certainly see much more- as much as 4" of rain cannot be ruled out in the heavier thunderstorms. The rain should stop being steady at about 10 this morning, but it will still rain some through the rest of the day with some thunderstorms also possible, though they won't be severe (we have a paltry SEE TEXT risk today). For the weekend, though, it looks fantastic! It will be much cooler than we have been experiencing for much of the last 8 days (it was the longest recorded heat wave in six years(!!!)) and looks not bad from the sky, but some showers & storms are possible on Sunday, but temperatures will be in the 70s on that day, and the 80s on Saturday.
Two systems near the Cape Verde Islands could develop eventually, but it will likely take a while for them to do so due to unfavorable conditions in the central Atlantic. They could both pose big threats to land eventually, but it's way out there, so we have plenty of time to watch! A low in the Pacific is in a race against time to become Tropical Storm Howard before Monday. If it does, it will be the most active July ever recorded in the Pacific basin, but it's going to be close...I'd give it a 50/50 chance.
Today in weather history- July 29, 1905- Rain over our region in the previous days ends up at eleven inches, which is too much for a dam in Bridgeport to contain, causing the city to flood and doing $250,000 in damage (1905 USD)
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