TO COVER. BUT FIRST, THE BIG STORY OF THE MORNING IS THE
WEATHER. SO LET'S GET RIGHT OVER
TO SCOTT TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE
FARING OUT THERE. IT IS A WET
ONE AND REALLY SERIOUS IN SOME
SPOTS, RIGHT, SCOTT LOTS OF RAIN
AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
UNFORTUNATELY NORFOLK TAKING IT
ON THE CHIN AS WELL AS KENT.
CONNECTICUT WITH EXCESSIVE
AMOUNTS OF RAIN THAT HAVE FALLEN
OVERNIGHT THROUGH THIS MORNING,
AND IT JUST CONTINUES. I'M
JOINED BY METEOROLOGISTS MELISSA
COLE IN THE EARLY MORNING
FORECAST CENTER TO GET YOU
THROUGH ALL THE RAIN. WE'VE
STILL GOT THIS FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 45 AND
PARTS OF WESTERN LITCHFIELD
COUNTY BUT YOU CAN SEE THE RAIN
HAS SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT FURTHER
TO THE EAST OUT OF THE POLYGON
AREA, BUT SIMSBURY YOU'VE GOT
BLOOMFIELD BLUE HILLS, WATERTOWN
, ALL GETTING POUNDED ALL THE
WAY OVER TO WATERTOWN. MOODUS
HADDAM EAST HADDAM DEEP RIVER
ESSEX. GOOD MORNING TO YOU WERE
DEALING WITH SOME RAIN COMING
RIGHT DOWN ROUTE NINE, AND
THERE'S MORE RAIN OUT OVER THE
OPEN WATERS OF THE LONG ISLAND
SOUND. THIS IS CHURNING ITS WAY.
THIS IS GOING TO BE WITH US FOR
THE NEXT 3 TO 4 HOURS MAKING ITS
WAY THROUGH EASTERN CONNECTICUT.
WHEN I CAME IN THIS MORNING,
NICE AND EARLY THERE WAS NOT A
WHOLE LOT OF RAIN AND EASTERN
NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST
CONNECTICUT, BUT THAT IS
CHANGING, AS YOU CAN SEE AGAIN,
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF RAIN
PUSHING THROUGH THE AREA FLOOD
WATCH IN EFFECT NOW THROUGH
TOMORROW MORNING FOR ALL OF
CONNECTICUT. THE FLASH FLOOD
WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL EIGHT
O'CLOCK. THAT'S THAT AREA SHADED
IN RED, AND IF YOU LOOK VERY
CAREFULLY, YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE
BIT OF A LIGHTER SHADE OF GREEN.
THAT'S THE RIVER FLOOD WARNING
FOR THE WHO'S A TONIC GAYLORD'S
VILLE THAT KICKS IN AT 8 25 THIS
MORNING, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
WE ARE IN OUR ALERT MODE PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAIN EMBEDDED STORMS.
SOME COULD BE STRONG TODAY. THE
HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN IS GONNA
SHUT DOWN, BUT WE ARE STILL
CALLING FOR SOME ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AND, OF
COURSE, WILL BE HERE IN THE
EARLY 20 FORECAST. SENATOR GET
YOU THROUGH THOSE AS WELL. BUT
RIGHT NOW, EXCESSIVE RAINFALL
AMOUNTS. WE'VE GOT REPORTS OUT
OF WARREN OF SEVEN AND A QUARTER
AN INCH. SEVEN AND A QUARTER
INCH. OF RAIN, SEVEN INCHES OF
RAIN. IN PARTS OF WARREN,
CONNECTICUT, AND THAT TOTAL
KEEPS GROWING. POOR DRAINAGE.
FLASH FLOODING RIVER FLOODING.
IT'S ALL IN THE REALM OF
POSSIBILITY. AND MELISSA. WE
HAVE VISIBILITY OUT THERE IS NOT
ONLY REDUCED BECAUSE OF THE RAIN
, BUT BECAUSE OF THE SCATTERED
FOG THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH AS
WELL. YES LOW CLOUDINESS AND FOG
A BIT OF AN ISSUE PLUS THAT RAIN
COMING ON DOWN, SO DEFINITELY
SLOW YOUR SPEED AS YOU HEAD OFF.
TO WORK THIS MORNING. OR MAYBE
YOU'RE DROPPING THE KIDS OFF AT
CAMP. NOW WE HAVE LOW VISIBILITY
AND RAIN COMING DOWN IN OLD
SAYBROOK WITH THAT NEXT BATCH OF
RAIN COMING UP FROM THE SHORE
LINE, WARRINGTON, THE RIVER IS
RAGING RIGHT NOW, TORRINGTON,
ONE OF THE AREAS THAT HAS PICKED
UP QUITE A BIT OF RAINFALL IN
PARTS OF LITCHFIELD COUNTY, 5 TO
7 INCHES OF RAINFALL. BELIEVE IT
OR NOT IN STORES RIGHT NOW YOU
HAVE SOME RAIN COMING ON DOWN
EASTERN CONNECTICUT HAS BEEN
SPARED THE WORST OF THE RAIN.
BUT BETWEEN NOW AND LET'S SAY 11
AM LIKELY PICKING UP ADDITIONAL
TOTALS IN THAT PART OF THE
STATE. LOTS OF CLOUDS AROUND
ONCE THE RAIN SHUTS OFF THIS
AFTERNOON, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
AN EYE ON SOME MORE SCATTERED
POP UP STORMS, AND SOME OF THOSE
COULD BE STRONG, ISOLATED,
SEVERE, NOT A WIDESPREAD EVENT.
ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE SHORE
LINE. ANYTHING THAT REDEVELOPED
TODAY COULD NOT ONLY PUT DOWN
SOME ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL
BUT COULD CONTAIN SOME HAIL AND
EVEN SOME STRONG, GUSTY WINDS.
NOW HERE'S THE RAIN WE HAVE ON
TOP OF US RIGHT NOW LOOK DOWN TO
OUR SOUTH, YOU CAN SEE THAT
THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT BETWEEN
LONG ISLAND AND FURTHER DOWN TO
THE SOUTH, SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE
THINGS STARTING TO SHIFT AND
SHUT DOWN SO LIKELY. AFTER
NOONTIME TODAY, THINGS WILL
IMPROVE FOR US DRAMATICALLY AS
WE'RE GOING TO SEE THIS AREA OF
RAIN SHIFTING NORTHWARD INTO
MASSACHUSETTS AND NORTHERN NEW
ENGLAND, WHERE FURTHER ONGOING
RAIN AND FLOODING CONCERNS WILL
BE EVIDENT. SO HERE'S FUTURECAST
TOMORROW'S WEATHER TODAY. THIS
IS EIGHT AM STILL SHOWING
PACKETS OF HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
AREA, BUT NOTICE BY 10:11 A.M. A
LOT OF THAT RAIN STARTS TO MOVE
OFF TO THE NORTH. THEN WE GET
MORE SCATTERED ACTIVITY. THESE
WILL LIKELY BE SOME QUICK
DOWNPOURS AS WELL AS SOME GUSTY
WINDS. AND THEN EVERYTHING KIND
OF SHUTS DOWN BY 89 O'CLOCK
TONIGHT, AND SKIES WILL ACTUALLY
CLEAR OUT SETTING THE STAGE FOR
A MUCH BETTER DAY FOR TOMORROW,
SO THE SEVERE THREAT IS LOW. WE
DO HAVE A MARGINAL RISK IN PARTS
OF EASTERN CONNECTICUT. ALRIGHT.
THANKS MELISSA. WE ARE TAKING
YOU OUT RIGHT NOW AND SHOWING
YOU THE REMAINDER OF THE
FORECAST TEMPERATURES. IT'S
SOUPY. IT'S HUMID. THE DEW
POINTS ARE IN THE UPPER SIXTIES
AND LOW SEVENTIES THIS MORNING
RIVALING THOSE TEMPERATURES,
RELATIVE HUMIDITY CRANKING AT
ABOUT 100% THIS MORNING. THE
WINDS. THEY WERE SUBSTANTIAL
THIS MORNING ALONG THE SHORE
LINE OUT OF THE EAST AND STILL
ARE 15 MILES AN HOUR SUSTAINED
AND GROTON SO IT'S A LITTLE
BREEZY DOWN THERE. HERE ARE
THOSE DEW POINT AGAIN IN THE
UPPER SIXTIES AND LOW SEVENTIES
, THE COMFORT INDEX IS BETWEEN
MCGEE AND DOWNRIGHT OPPRESSIVE.
THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL
EVENTUALLY RELINQUISHED CONTROL
OVER US IT IS GOING TO MOVE ON
UP TO THE NORTH AND EAST. BUT
IT'S GONNA TAKE ITS SWEET TIME
AND AS IT DOES THE POTENTIAL FOR
MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXIST. THIS AFTERNOON, BUT
TOMORROW THE BIG BLUE H ROLLS IN
AND WE'RE EXPECTING A PRETTY
GOOD DAY OF WEATHER TOMORROW AND
FOR WEDNESDAY RAIN ISOLATED
STORMS GETTING BETTER THIS
EVENING. AND LOWER HUMIDITY
DURING THE DAY TOMORROW, THE
TEMPERATURE SPREAD TODAY BETWEEN
78 AND 82 ISOLATED STORMS.
FLOODING IS, OF COURSE, A
CONCERN AS THE RAIN CONTINUES TO
COME DOWN, AND YOUR FORECAST FOR
TODAY CALLS FOR AGAIN. THE
SPREAD IS BETWEEN ABOUT 80 82
DEGREES, YOU MIGHT GET AN 83 IN
DANBURY. HERE'S YOUR SEVEN DAY
FORECAST 87 TOMORROW 92 ON
WEDNESDAY. TWO NICE DAYS IN A
ROW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WE'RE
GOING TO DRY THINGS OUT, AND
THEN WE GO BACK TO THE
THUNDERSTORM THREAT THURSDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY, NOT A
SUBSTANTIAL AS THIS MORNING, BUT
NONETHELESS, THE THREAT FOR
THUNDERSTORMS DOES EXIST.
THURSDAY. FRIDAY SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. THAT'S THE CHECK OF YOUR
EARLY WARNING FORECAST WILL BE
HERE IN THE EARLY MORNING
FORECAST