Connecticut
Sun and clouds, frigid conditions for Connecticut Sunday; low chance of flurries for Monday
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
Southernmost parts of Western Connecticut could see some chances for some light wintery weather on Monday.
This is part of a system that has been trending more to the south.
The heaviest and most intense parts of this continue to be very far south of Connecticut.
As of Saturdayn night, this looks to be flurries to a light snow shower. The impacts will be low, beyond slightly slippery roads.
THE BIGGER DEAL:
The cold and wind.
Connecticut experienced gusts up above 30 mph on Saturday and will continue to see blustery and frigid conditions through the weekend and into next week.
Temperatures will feel at times like in the teens and low-20s.
High temperatures will be in the low-30s but will feel much colder due to lingering breezy and gusty conditions.
At the “warmest” parts of the day this weekend, temperatures will feel more like in the teens and in the low-20s.
Rain and snow chances remain low through the next week beyond the chance of snow on Monday.
Dry, cold and blustery conditions prevail through the week. Make sure to layer up and have those hats, scarves, mittens, and heaviest coats.
FORECAST
OVERNIGHT: Some clouds and still breezy. Low of 21 but feeling like the teens.
SUNDAY: Sun and clouds but frigid feeling. Wind remains. High of 34, low of 24.
MONDAY: Low flurry chance. Mostly cloudy and breezy. High of 32, low of 20.
TUESDAY: Sun and clouds. High of 31, low of 19.
The search continues for a rare collection of Abraham Lincoln artifacts that went missing after a visit to Connecticut College in New London, including a letter written days after the president’s assassination.
Sameer Somal, a Lincoln enthusiast, said the artifacts disappeared Tuesday after he accidentally left the folder containing them on top of his car and drove away following interviews with fellow Lincoln scholars at Connecticut College.
“The plan was to interview them, and I was going to show them some of these artifacts,” Somal said.
Somal said he has spent years assembling the collection, which included portraits of Lincoln, original Civil War-era newspapers, and an original invitation to Lincoln’s 1864 inaugural ball.
Among the items was a document Somal described as especially significant.
“There was a letter, which is particularly precious, written on April 17th, 1865, from General William Tecumseh Sherman about the assassination of Mr. Lincoln,” Somal said.
After realizing the folder was missing, Somal contacted campus security. He said he was initially told the folder had been recovered, but later learned security had mistaken it for a book that had fallen from his car.
“I proceeded to look in the dark in my state of disappointment and trauma,” Somal said.
The next day, Somal made the five-hour trip back to New London and checked with the police. He believes the folder likely fell on or near the Connecticut College campus, but it has not been turned in.
Somal said the loss goes beyond the monetary value of the artifacts, as the collection was intended to serve as a centerpiece for a future museum dedicated to Lincoln in Illinois.
Now he is asking whoever found the folder to return it.
“I will do anything to get these items back and anything to help someone else in life if I can just get them back,” Somal said.
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