Good morning, weather watchers! I'm your meteorologist with the latest forecast for the Raleigh area.

Let's dive right into our weekend weather adventure! Today's looking like a picture-perfect sunny day with temperatures climbing to a comfortable 52 degrees. The wind will be calm, eventually drifting north around 5 miles per hour.

Tonight, expect those skies to start playing hide and seek with increasing clouds, and temperatures dropping to a chilly 32 degrees.

Saturday brings a bit of excitement with a 50 percent chance of rain, mainly between 8 in the morning and noon. We'll start cloudy but gradually transition to mostly sunny, with temperatures reaching a mild 55 degrees. The wind will be subtle, shifting to a gentle south breeze around 5 miles per hour.

Saturday night keeps things interesting with a 30 percent chance of rain after 1 in the morning. Temperatures will hover around 40 degrees.

Sunday looks like a wet one with a 70 percent chance of rain between 10 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. Temperatures will cool down to around 50 degrees with a north wind between 5 to 8 miles per hour.

Martin Luther King Day brings a dramatic temperature drop, with sunny skies but temperatures plummeting to a brisk 31 degrees. Monday night will be even colder, dipping down to a frigid 15 degrees.

Tuesday continues the cold trend with partly sunny skies and a high of 31 degrees. Tuesday night brings a 30 percent chance of snow, with temperatures dropping to 15 degrees.

Wednesday offers mostly sunny conditions with a high of 30 degrees, followed by a clear night around 16 degrees.

Thursday will warm things up slightly, reaching 38 degrees with mostly sunny skies.

For more detailed information and the latest updates, check out the link in our show notes to the National Weather Service Raleigh office.

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