Rain Today, Fair Tomorrow -- with Sun, Sun, Sun and 70s Temps

Saturday is the best day to be outdoors around here for a long, long time, and if you weren’t zipping down to the Caribbean for the recent school break, well — you get Saturday in the 70s for free (although it could get a bit gusty).

Showers are expected Friday from morning to early afternoon, with the temperature only in the 60s after that, the National Weather Service says. Sunday doesn’t have any rain in the forecast, but it will be cooler, in the 50s and 60s.

For the rest of the upcoming week, the weather service says it will probably rain on Monday and it may well rain on other weekdays. At this point, Weather.com expects next weekend’s temperatures to only hit the 50s.

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Here’s the Woodbridge-specific forecast from the National Weather Service (as of the 7:53 a.m., Friday update; the Bethany-specific forecast follows immediately below):

• Friday — A chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 64. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Friday night — A chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 51. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Saturday — Sunny, with a high near 72. North wind 5 to 11 mph becoming south in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
• Saturday night — Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph.
• Sunday — Sunny, with a high near 60. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
• Sunday night — A slight chance of rain after 2am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 41. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Monday — Rain likely, mainly after 8am. Cloudy, with a high near 55. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Monday night — Rain. Low around 48. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
• Tuesday — A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Tuesday night — Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.
• Wednesday — Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.
• Wednesday night — A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Thursday — A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

And here’s the very similar Bethany-specific forecast from the weather service (as of the 7:45 a.m., Friday update):

• Friday — A chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 64. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Friday night — A chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 49. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
• Saturday — Sunny, with a high near 72. Light and variable wind becoming west 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.
• Saturday night — Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph.
• Sunday — Sunny, with a high near 59. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
• Sunday night — A slight chance of rain after 2am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 41. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
• Monday — Rain likely, mainly after 8am. Cloudy, with a high near 54. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
• Monday night — Rain. Low around 48. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
• Tuesday — A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Tuesday night — Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.
• Wednesday — Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.
• Wednesday night — A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
• Thursday — A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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