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Slow-Moving Cold Front Will Bring Rain, Showers To Area
A slow-moving cold front will bring rain and showers to the area. While there will be some precipitation early in the week, the development of an ocean storm in the Atlantic will bring steadier rain in the middle of the week. For projected rainfall totals for the next few days, see the image above. Here's a look at what to expect: Monday, Oct. 7: It will be warmer, with the high temperature in the low 70s on a mostly cloudy day. Rain and showers will arrive after 2 p.m. and continue on and off through the overnight, with some soaking rain at times. Tuesday, Oct. 8: It will be breezy…
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Two Weather Systems In Atlantic Ocean Could Become Tropical Storms
Hurricane Dorian has finally headed out to sea, moving off the southeastern Canadian coastline. Now, forecasters are watching three separate storm systems in the Atlantic Ocean during the height of hurricane season, two of which could be threats to the East Coast. The next tropical storm to emerge will be named Humberto. Experts say it could form by the end of this week from a new system that emerged over the week. It's projected to move over the Bahamas, which was just devastated by Dorian, and Florida. A second system is also approaching the Caribbean and may become a tropical depre…
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Forecasters Now Predict More Frequent Storms In Final Months Of Hurricane Season
Government forecasters are now predicting an above-average final few months of hurricane season, with more frequent storms. The latest outlook comes after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration had earlier forecast a normal season prior to its start in June. The Atlantic Ocean now has a 45-percent chance of experiencing an above-normal hurricane season, which ends Nov. 30, NOAA announced on Thursday, Aug. 8. The chance of below-normal activity has dropped to 20 percent. (See the second image above.) The end of El Niño has led to conditions more favorable for hurricane activity…
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Return Of Heat, Humidity Will Set Stage For Stormy Stretch Of Weather
The return of warmer air and humidity will create conditions that are ripe for unsettled weather and set the stage for a stretch of stormy weather this week. But the first few days of the week will be mainly dry, starting on Sunday, July 28, where the high temperature will be in the mid to upper 80s under sunny skies. (See second image above for projected high temperatures from across the region.) With dew points in the 60s, it will not be as oppressive humidity wise compared to about a week ago. Rip currents are possible on the Atlantic facing beaches. For a look at where rip current…
News
Great White Sharks Heading North As Waters Are Getting Warmer
Click here for an updated story: Great White Shark Tracked In Long Island Sound For First Time Ever, Says Ocean Research Group We’re gonna need a bigger boat. With the weather and waters in the Atlantic heating up, clusters of great white sharks have been spotted and tracked making their way north to hunt for food and cooler conditions. Dozens of sharks have been tracked by researching company Ocearch, with some spotted near the Hudson Valley and Long Island. To track the sharks, Ocearch captured, weighed, tagged and released them. The tags provide information on location, &nbs…
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Video: See It? Fireball Dazzles East Coast
Several people in New York reported seeing a fireball that tore across the area Wednesday The American Meteor Society received more than 190 reports from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and North Carolina between 6:35 a.m. and 6:45 a.m. The fireball was traveling from northeast to southwest and ended its flight somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Norfolk, V.A., the AMS said. News12's assistant news director, Jeremy Settle, posted a video of the alleged meteor darting across the sky in West New York. "A fireball is another term for a very bright meteor, gen…
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Lawyer From Ridgefield, Teacher ID'd As Final Victims In Fatal Plane Crash
Click here for an updated story: Teacher, Attorney From Area Killed In Plane Crash Were In Long-Distance Relationship A high-profile attorney based in Fairfield County and a female teacher were identified Tuesday as the final victims of the small-plane crash that killed three people on Saturday. The pilot of the small plane with three aboard that crashed in the waters off the Hamptons late Saturday morning had been identified on Monday as 41-year-old Munidat "Raj" Persaud, the owner of a Danbury flight training company. The other two victims were 53-year-old Richard Terbrusch, a …
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Fatal Crash Pilot ID'd As Owner Of Danbury Flight Training Company; Two Other Bodies Recovered
Click here for an updated story: High-Profile Attorney, HS Teacher ID'd As Remaining Victims In Fatal Plane Crash The pilot of the small plane with three aboard that crashed in the waters off the Hamptons late Saturday morning has been identified as the owner of a Danbury flight training company and the two other bodies have now been recovered. The first body recovered was that of pilot Munidat "Raj" Persaud, 41, of Waterbury, who is also the owner of the plane, state police said. The two other bodies recovered were an adult female and an adult male, but the identity of both vi…
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Flo's On The Go: Massive Storm Barrels Toward East Coast
Florence has shifted back and forth from hurricane to tropical storm status the last couple of days, but one thing has become clear.New models show Florence is posing an increasing threat to the East Coast and the chances are now higher it will have direct effects Wednesday through Friday anywhere between Florida and southern New England, including the tristate area. The National Hurricane Center issued advisories Saturday morning on Tropical Storm Florence, which is located over the central Atlantic Ocean and is expected to return to Hurricane status on Sunday. North Carolina declared a sta…
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CT Congressional Delegation Opposes Trump's Offshore Drilling Plan
U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), and U.S. Reps. John Larson (CT-1), Joe Courtney (CT-2), Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Jim Himes (CT-4), and Elizabeth Esty (CT-5) wrote Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Wednesday, Feb. 21, expressing opposition to the proposed expansion of offshore oil and gas drilling that could devastate Connecticut’s economy and environment. Zinke announced in January that the Trump Administration would expand offshore oil and gas leasing to encompass about 90 percent of the United States’ coastal waters. The congressional letter was submitted as …
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Malloy: Trump Admin Should Exempt Connecticut From Offshore Drilling
FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. – Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy joined a group of other governors on the east coast this week in opposing the expansion of offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean proposed by the Trump administration. Trump administration officials announced earlier in January that it would open up offshore drilling for all United States coastal waters. Malloy, along with the governors of Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Virginia, wrote a letter to Secretary Ryan Zinke of the U.S. Department of the Interior, expressing their joint opposition to o…
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Strengthening Storm Could Bring New Round Of Snow To Fairfield County
Click here for an updated story: Snowfall Projections Released For New Storm Headed To Area A storm system over the Atlantic Ocean several hundred miles off the coast is expected to strengthen as it moves northward with the potential for a snow event in the area Wednesday night into Thursday. How far the storm moves toward the coast will determine its impact here. (See image above.) "There is the potential for an accumulating snowfall Wednesday night into Thursday night as low pressure passes east of the area," the National Weather Service said in a statement early Monday morni…
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