Rowan weather: Enjoy today; rain Thursday, Friday

Published 8:04 am Wednesday, May 3, 2017

This morning is even cooler than yesterday, 48 degrees, and today will be sunny and warm, with a high of 77.

Calm wind will become west northwest around 6 mph. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low of 56 and east southeast wind at 3-7 mph.

Then we’ll have a wet and windy Thursday and Friday.

Thursday has a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. It will be mostly cloudy and 73. Southeast wind will be at 8-13 mph, with gusts up to 21 mph. A tenth to quarter inch of rain is expected, except higher in thunderstorms.

Thursday night’s chance of showers and storms is 80 percent, with a low around 56. Southeast wind will be at 13-15 mph, with gusts up to 25 mph. Three-quarters to an inch of rain is possible.

Friday’s chance of showers and thunderstorms is 60 percent, but it will become partly sunny and have a high of 66. South southwest wind will be at 9-13 mph, with gusts around 21 mph.

Friday night’s chance of rain is 20 percent, with a chilly low of 47.

Saturday will be quite springlike, with mostly sunny skies and a high of 66. The low will be 45.

Sunny Sunday, with a high of 67 and a colder low of 43.

Monday will be sunny and 70, with a low of 46.

And Tuesday will be sunny and 72.