WEATHER UPDATE: Heavy Rain, Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued for Bethany, Woodbridge

By Brian McCready (Patch Staff)

And we thought we’d escape the weekend without any weather advisories! Well not so fast!

The National Weather Service has issued a “Hazardous Weather Outlook” for the area for late tonight and Saturday for heavy rains, the chance of some ice, and the possibility of some flooding.

According to the National Weather Service’s “Hazardous Weather Outlook,” ‘periods of rain late tonight, any ice accumulation would be less than a tenth of an inch.

There is a low chance of ice jam flooding of rivers and streams due to snow melt and rainfall Saturday and Saturday night,” the National Weather Service predicts.

It’s possible the precipitation, which begins to fall early Saturday may begin as a little ice and sleet, but will quickly change to a cold soaking rain that will last until early Sunday, and may end as some snow showers.

Between a half-inch and three-quarters of an inch of rain is predicted.

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NBC Connecticut Meteorologist Darren Sweeney writes on Facebook that for the weekend expect:

“As mentioned in my last post, the amount of wintry precip we get over the weekend depends on amount of cold air, evolution of storm track etc.

It looks like mostly a cold rain with some sleet freezing rain early on in the am. Don’t be surprised to see some snow showers on Sunday. Looks like a blustery and chilly week ahead.

We go from 50ish and feeling fab, to feeling wind chills. You have to just love March in New England,” Sweeney wrote on social media.

Here is the National Weather Service’s hyperlocal weekend forecast for Woodbridge (as of the 12:53 p.m. update; the Bethany forecast follows below it):

• Friday afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. South wind around 5 mph.
• TonightIncreasing clouds, with a low around 29. South wind 3 to 5 mph.
• Saturday: Rain, mainly after 10am. High near 43. Wind chill values between 30 and 40. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
• Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Sunday: A chance of showers before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.
• MondayMostly sunny, with a high near 47.

Here’s the weather service’s hyperlocal weekend forecast for Bethany (as of the 1:55 p.m. update):

• Friday afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. South wind around 5 mph.
• Friday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 30. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.
• Saturday: Rain, mainly after 10am. High near 42. Wind chill values between 30 and 40. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
• Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Sunday: A chance of showers before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.