Phoenix residents can expect a mixed bag of weather as the week progresses, with a small chance of rain sprinkling the region, according to the latest forecast from the National Weather Service. Today has been largely dry, with the high creeping up near 69 degrees, but there's a 10 percent chance of showers after 5 p.m, the skies will be welcoming more clouds as the day goes on, and the winds should remain gentle, shifting to the east at around five mph, as per the National Weather Service.
Tonight, the slight chance of showers persists before 1 a.m. and then again after 2 a.m., with the NWS reporting a 20 percent chance of precipitation, the temperatures will dip to a low around 55 degrees, with conditions staying mostly cloudy and winds calming, Friday is looking a bit wetter. Showers are likely, mainly before 11 a.m., with a 60 percent chance of precipitation, and while the day should be mostly cloudy and breezy with winds kicking up to 15 mph and gusts potentially hitting 20 mph, the high should be near 70 degrees, and the rain won't amount to much, less than a tenth of an inch possible.
The likelihood of showers drops to 20 percent by Friday night, with partly cloudy skies and the low settling around 46 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The winds should slacken to a mild 5 to 10 mph, becoming light and variable later in the evening. Phoenix can look forward to a sunny Saturday with a high near 70 and calm winds shifting to west-northwest later in the afternoon.
Heading into the rest of the weekend and early next week, conditions will remain favorable for those enjoying outdoor activities or the buzz of city life under mostly sunny skies, Sunday the forecast predicts a high of around 74 with calm winds becoming east-northeast at five mph, the evening will be mostly cloudy with a low hovering around 50, and as folks celebrate Washington's Birthday on Monday, they can bask in mostly sunny weather, with highs pushing up near 76 and light winds expecting in the afternoon, those pleasant conditions will drift into Tuesday and Wednesday, marking steady highs in the upper 70s with abundant sunshine, the NWS noted.
