Sabrina Ullman: Light rain tonight; nice weekend ahead

October 18: Light rain tonight

Tonight will have passing showers and overnight lows in the 40s.

Light rain will gradually become widespread this evening, lasting into early Saturday. Only a tenth of an inch of accumulation is expected for most of the area.

Tonight will have a south wind of 5-10 mph and overnight lows in the 40s. Saturday will be cooler than it was today with afternoon highs in the upper 50s to low 60s.

Sunshine and warm weather returns Sunday as we reach the low 70s. These conditions will continue early next week before we see a pattern change. Rain is possible on Tuesday, and then we will have cooler temperatures for the remainder of the week.

Tonight

A 30 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday

Showers likely, mainly before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday

Sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday

A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Friday

Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.