It's Going to Begin to Feel Like Winter This Weekend

There’s a word being introduced into our forecast that we haven’t used yet this month and thats “Wind Chill Factor.”

After half a month of 50-degree and even an occasional 60-degree day, we’re expecting temps in the upper 30s to around 40 degrees on both Saturday and Sunday. Yes, it will be in the 50s today (Friday) as temps begin to free fall by late afternoon.

It will be very windy on Saturday and it means temperatures will feel like they’re in the teens for Hartford and Tolland counties and for Southern Connecticut temps will feel like it’s in the 20s.

Hartford and Tolland counties may even see some snow flurries after 2 p.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

Saturday night also will be very cold and the cold weather continues on Sunday, but then we’re back to what we’ve been accustomed to — 50s and 60s during Christmas week.

On Monday, the sun returns but from Tuesday through Friday it could be rainy and on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day we could see temps in the 60s too.

Here is a detailed forecast via the National Weather Service:

• Friday: chance of rain early, and then improving conditions with temps in the low 50s.
• Saturday: mostly sunny with temps in the upper 30s to near 40 degrees. Winds will be 15 mph to gusts up to 30 mph at times and the windchill value will make it feel like 15-25 degrees for northern Connecticut and 20-30 degrees for Southern Connecticut.
• Saturday night: Temps in the low to mid 20s
• Sunday: sunny with temps in the low 40s
• Monday: sunny with temps in the low 50s.
• Tuesday through Friday: chance of showers and rain each day with temps in the 50s to near 60 degrees.

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