A cold front Friday night will bring a few evening showers and downpours, followed by an October cold blast this weekend.
There’s a low-end risk for a few strong thunderstorms as a squall line races across Southern New England on Friday evening between 7 and 10 p.m. Gusty winds would be the main risk with any storms. We can’t completely rule out an isolated power outage or two with the risk of gusty winds.
After 10 p.m., the storm risk ends, but rain showers linger into the early morning hours on Saturday. The last of the rain is expected to move out by the late morning hours. Rain should end by 11 a.m. on Saturday.
As the rain tapers off, temperatures take a tumble. Low temperatures Saturday morning will fall into the mid-40s, and it won’t warm up much at all during the day. High temperatures will only reach the upper 40s to near 50 on Saturday.
With winds gusting up to 25 to 30 miles per hour on Saturday, the wind chill will make it feel like it’s in the 30s most of the day.
The coldest night of the weekend will be Saturday night into Sunday morning, when much of the area will likely experience its first freeze of the fall. Low temperatures Saturday night into Sunday morning are expected to drop into the upper 20s inland and low 30s towards the coast. Inland locations have the best chance for a hard freeze early Sunday morning. Now is a good time to harvest any remaining tomatoes or protect sensitive plants.
After a cold start, it does warm up into the mid-50s on Sunday afternoon, but that’s still almost ten degrees below average for this time of year. Sunday will be a decent day to be outside with less wind and plentiful sunshine…