Connecticut Weather 3/15 - Morning - Sunny Day Surprise Today

Good morning. Connecticut. I'm Aaron Jolly. We're catching a real break today, but don't get used to it. High pressure is giving us one last quiet afternoon. You'll see partly sunny skies along the coast and in Eastern Connecticut with highs near 45 degrees. Head inland to Central Connecticut and it warms up a touch more. Hartford tops out near 47 degrees today. That's exactly normal for mid-March. As the sun sets. Here's the catch. The weather turns messy tonight. Rain showers develop after 2 A.M. The entire state sees rain by dawn. Monday is going to be a soaker. Here comes one to two inches of rain. That much water could flood small streams and poor drainage areas. It gets windy too. Southeast winds gust up to 40 miles an hour. Monday night brings a risk of thunderstorms. Some storms could produce heavy rain. The cold front sweeps through Tuesday morning. We dry out quickly but the cold air rushes back in. Highs Tuesday only reach the low 40s. Temperatures crash Tuesday night. Lows drop to 21 degrees in Hartford. The shore holds in the mid 20s. Wednesday stays chilly with highs in the upper 30s under mostly sunny skies. High pressure builds in for the end of the week. We slowly warm back to near 50 degrees by Friday. See you this afternoon.