Feel Like Swimming on Memorial Day? Here's Where it's Safe

This weekend may not be an ideal holiday weekend with rain forecast to be rainy on Saturday and Sunday but the sun will come out just in time for the parades on Monday. And for those who like to kick off the summer season on Memorial Day with a swim, the state beaches will be open and ready for swimmers.

Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has announced that Hammonasset Beach State Park, along with a few others, is safe to swim this Memorial Day, according to a press release.
 
The release says that DEEP staff collected water samples from the 23 state park swimming areas and the results from this week’s tests of 22 swimming areas were satisfactory. From now through Labor Day, DEEP will test the 23 state park swim areas weekly, including the four beaches on Long Island Sound at Hammonasset, Rocky Neck, Sherwood Island and Silver Sands State Parks and 19 inland ponds and lakes. 

The public can obtain information on their favorite swimming area by visiting the water quality information page at www.ct.gov/deep/beachstatus or calling DEEP’s toll-free telephone number at 1-866-CTPARKS – option #5. There will be a recorded message indicating the status of state swimming areas.
But for the immediate future, here's your weekend forecast from the National Weather Service: 

• Friday night: Scattered showers. Cloudy, with a low around 47. North wind 13 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
• Saturday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 51. Northwest wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Northwest wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
• Sunday: A slight chance of showers before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Northwest wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
• Memorial Day: Sunny, with a high near 71.