Northern Virginia Weather: Weekend Gradually Improves

STERLING, VA—Northern Virginia's weekend weather forecast is the ultimate split-screen dichotomy, according to the National Weather Service and other area forecasting outlets. On the one hand, there's Saturday, which follows Friday night's scattered wetness with more of the same.

And Sunday? There's this from the Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang: "Mostly blue skies, as it appears now (fingers crossed), and a decent late afternoon rise in temperatures should net us mid-50s for the region. Enjoy! It’s not going to last."

Indeed, for clouds move in again Monday. Anyway, here's the detailed forecast from the National Weather Service's area bureau in Sterling:

Friday Night: Rain. Low around 42. Southeast wind around 7 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain likely, mainly before 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 49. Northwest wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 52. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

Monday Night: A chance of showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers before 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

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