Tuesday Weather Blog
We started the day off with some slight viewing of the Northern Lights. This image from Lake Waramaug in New Preston. Thanks to Dave King for this capture!
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Today will feature plenty of sunshine with some wildfire smoke. It will be warm with low humidity and light winds. Pretty perfect.
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Wildfires burning in Canada have produced smoke plumes across both Canada and the United States. With shifting patterns, some smoke may drift over the state this week.
This will be upper-level smoke, not necessarily at the ground level. Temperatures will be warming several degrees Wednesday.
90° weather is set to return to Connecticut for the first time since late August 2024.
The hottest days will be Wednesday and Thursday. Thursday will feature the best chance to get into the 90's.
Our fingers are trembling as we type this, but we could see rain on Saturday...once again. 9 of the last 11 Saturdays have resulted in accumulating rainfall in Hartford. As of this forecast, our chance of rain Saturday stands at 60%.
