Weather Alerts For Beacon Falls, CT

# HEADLINE -------------------- AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM EDT TUESDAY # SUMMARY -------------------- The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has issued an Air Quality Action Day for the following counties: Fairfield, New Haven, Middlesex. from 11 AM to 11 PM EDT Tuesday. An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone within the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional information, please visit the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Web site at http://www.ct.gov/deep/aqi # DETAILS -------------------- ISSUED AT Monday, May 18, 2026 at 11:35 PM EDT ISSUED BY Relayed by National Weather Service New York NY HEADER Air Quality Alert Message # AREAS AFFECTED -------------------- Northern New London, Southern Middlesex, Northern Fairfield, Northern Middlesex, Northern New Haven, Southern Fairfield, Southern New Haven, Southern New London

There is a Marginal Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER PART OF THE OHIO VALLEY INTO NEW YORK...AND THROUGH TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF TEXAS SUMMARY Scattered severe thunderstorms will be possible today from the southern Plains into the lower Mississippi Valley/Mid-South, Ohio Valley, and lower Great Lakes. Damaging winds and hail will be the primary threats. A greater threat for large to very large hail should exist across parts of west-central Texas. OH Valley and Lower Great Lakes Deep southwesterly flow is present today from southern IL into much of the OH Valley and NY. Visible satellite imagery shows mostly clear skies in the region, allowing strong destabilization and steepening low-level lapse rates. The result will be a rather large zone of favorable environment for strong/damaging wind gusts this afternoon with any organized convection. Given the continued trend in morning model guidance of scattered clusters of storms in this corridor, the SLGT risk area has been maintained. South-central TX A warm/moist and unstable air mass will develop this afternoon across parts of west-central TX. Scattered thunderstorm development is expected along a cold front sagging into the region. with weak supercells structures possible. These storms will track southeastward through the late afternoon/evening with a large hail threat. Eventual upscale growth into bowing structures may extend the severe risk overnight into south-central TX. East TX/LA/AR Widespread overnight convection continues to build southeastward across southeast OK and western AR. This activity will persist much of the day and spread across much of AR/East TX/northern LA, in a region of relatively weak vertical shear and poor lapse rates. Storms may occasionally pose a risk of gusty/damaging winds, but the overall threat appears marginal.

Pollen Index: 11 Pollen Level: high Predominant Pollen: Oak, Birch and Maple. The quantity of pollen grains in the air for Wednesday will be falling but will remain in the very high range. This lowering of pollen concentrations is a result of falling temperatures and higher dew points.