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Special Weather Statement Issued In Advance Of Midweek Storm

After some light rain/snow moves in Friday night, this is setting up to be a nice weekend with temperatures in the upper 40s to low 50s!

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Heavy rain is expected throughout the state Thursday, and water levels could rise on some rivers.

And Saturday is expected to be mostly sunny with a high near 36.

Temperatures will drop to around 40 degrees Monday night with a breezy northeast wind.

Wednesday is the next chance for a bigger storm. The latest trends in the computer models today has the storm moving inland, into western NY, late Wednesday into Thursday.

Colder air will sweep in behind Thursday’s storm.

The low Saturday evening will be in the mid-30s in Springfield, Worcester and Boston. “The concern then for the London area, more how much of this event could be snow”. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.

There could be a slushy snow and ice accumulation. Yes, 60s! That will be nearly 20 degrees above normal for mid-to-late February. Wind chill values as low as -1. The rest of the list goes as follows: Barbara (Bush), Caroline (Harrison), Dolley (Madison), Eleanor (Roosevelt), Florence (Harding), Grace (Coolidge), Helen (Taft), Ida (McKinley), Jacqueline (Kennedy Onassis).

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Lonnie Fisher, a National Weather Service meteorologist for northern IN, said Fort Wayne and the rest of the region is benefiting from El Nino, a periodic weather pattern stemming from the warming of the Pacific Ocean near the equator.

Rain, rain has gone away, and warm weather is coming