Angelenos looking forward to the Memorial Day weekend can expect a blanket of morning fog to give way to clear skies and mild temperatures, as predictions from the National Weather Service point to a pleasant holiday. After a cloudy start this morning, skies will clear up with the temperature peaking at a comfortable 71 degrees, and a breeze shifting southwest in the afternoon.

The pattern of morning cloudiness followed by afternoon sunshine is set to continue throughout the week, tonight, however, brings patchy fog rolling in after 11 pm, accompanying the increasing clouds and setting a low of around 56 degrees; a gentle south-southwest wind will waft through as the evening progresses. Commuters on Memorial Day may encounter patchy fog before the 11 am mark, but the rest of the day promises unobstructed sunshine with the high inching up to a near 74 degrees as a light south wind ushers in a west-southwest flow by afternoon.

Heading into midweek, Tuesday and Wednesday also herald patchy fog in the morning, yet each day will boast partly sunny skies and highs hovering around 75, while nighttime conditions on these days settle into a pattern of fog after dark and lows in the upper 50s.

The latter part of the week suggests little change in the weather narrative, Thursday's forecast anticipates patchy morning fog before giving way to partly sunny skies and a high near 76 degrees similarly, the story is much the same for Friday, with patchy fog listed for both the morning and evening – yet with partly sunny intervals reaching a high around 75.

Weekend plans can proceed with a reliable outlook, as Saturday also predicts patchy fog in the early hours, but it won't dampen the warmth of the partly sunny skies and a high of 76 that's expected for Angelenos, the nighttime brings back the fog and sets the scene with mostly cloudy skies and a steady low around 58, making for predictable and steady weather as the city slides through the last days of May.