At 4 p.m., the temperature is 28 degrees, with light winds, and the snow forecast has been dialed back. Tonight’s low will be around 19.

For Saturday, there’s a 40 percent chance of snow before 2 p.m., then a chance of rain. The high will be near 37. Less than half an inch of snow is expected.

It’s likely the rain Saturday night will wash it away. There’s a low of 35, with a 70 percent chance of precipitation, and an 80 percent chance of rain Sunday.

Sunday’s high will be near 53, and a quarter to a half-inch of rain is expected. Sunday night’s low will be 33, but the rain will be over.

Then we have a tiny chance of snow for Monday morning, but the high of 42 will likely get rid of that, too. Monday night will be a cold 22.

Tuesday should be partly sunny and 38 for the high, with 25 for the low.

It’s not going to be a warm week, but temperatures will be higher than the week we just struggled through. Wednesday should be mostly sunny and 43, Wednesday night, we’ll have a low of 21.

Thursday will be mostly sunny with a high near 38 and a low around 20, and Friday will be partly sunny with a high near 40.

It’s 5 degrees at 7:45 a.m., but has been as low as 2 degrees in some areas of Rowan County. The wind is calm and the air is incredibly dry. We’re still under a wind chill advisory until 10 a.m..

Today should be sunny, with a high near 26 and wind chill values as low as 2 below 0 when the wind picks up this afternoon. Tonight brings clouds and a low of 20.

A winter weather advisory is in effect from midnight tonight to 6 p.m. Saturday, due to cold wind chill values and a chance of more mixed precipitation.

Snow and sleet return to the forecast Saturday, mainly before 3 p.m., then there’s a chance of sleet between 3 and 4 p.m., then it may change over to rain. The high will be 37 an the winds will be from the south at only 5-7 mph. The chance of precipitation is 50 percent, with less than a half inch of sleet and snow accumulation.

Rain is likely after midnight, but the temperature won’t change much, with a low of 36 degrees. The 70 percent chance of rain could lead to about a quarter of an inch accumulation.

Rain is likely, 70 percent, again on Sunday, mainly before 3 p.m. The high will be a balmy 53 degrees. There’s a 20 percent chance of rain Sunday night, with a low of 32 degrees.

Monday will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 42 and a low around 22.

Tuesday’s high will be chillier, around 39, with partly sunny skies. The low will be around 24.

Not much warming for Wednesday or Thursday, with the high Wednesday near 43 and Thursday near 39. Wednesday nighy’s low will be around 24, so we’re in for a chilly week, but nothing like what we’re experienced this week.