This weekend's Weather: Warmer Friday with Storms, Cooler Weekend

Friday morning starts partly sunny with dense fog lifting. Temperatures settle in the low 60s as the day warms up to a high near 79 degrees. South winds pick up to around 16 mph, gusting near 32 mph. Showers will sprinkle in during the afternoon, with the chance of thunderstorm increasing toward evening. By night, heavy thunderstorms roll in, bringing a drenching rain with possible hail and damaging wind gusts. The low will dip to 61 overnight amid the breezy, stormy conditions.

Saturday will be cooler with a high near 65 and a low around 34 degrees. Expect a shower early in the morning followed by mostly cloudy skies and breezy winds from the west-southwest gusting up to 25 mph. The evening will clear out, though temperatures will drop to feel quite cold.

Sunday’s weather improves with mostly sunny skies and a warmer high near 67 degrees. Winds will be lighter from the southwest near 9 mph, gusting to 17 mph. Overnight lows climb to around 44 degrees under clear skies.

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