Forecast: Rain to only very slowly taper off

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EXPRESS FORECAST

Today: Rain ending this afternoon. 54-57. | Tonight:Becoming partly cloudy. 39-44. | Tomorrow: Sun and clouds. 59-62. | A Look Ahead | Get Express Forecast by E-mail

FORECAST IN DETAIL

"Oh no, not again!" you may utter when you look outside this morning. Take advantage of your extra hour this morning and read the paper (Washington Post please), enjoy your coffee, we'll soon be rid of this persistent, depressing, gray, and showery weather soon enough. Following the conclusion of this round of showers this afternoon, steadily improving weather follows into the work week. For the start of the work week, blue skies will shine with temperatures just below normal.

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Today (Sunday): Yet even more rain will be around and about this morning and into the afternoon. However, this represents the last gasp of the string of systems that has had us seeing gray for several days. By late afternoon, the rain should be gone though some activity may linger in eastern parts of the region. Highs will be much cooler than yesterday, topping out in the upper 50s to near 60. Winds from the north at 5-10 mph. Confidence: Medium-High

Tonight: A string of fairly brisk overnights begins tonight. Clouds will decrease and temperatures will do the same. Lows will be within a few degrees of the 40 mark (mid-30s in the colder suburbs). Winds will continue to be northerly and light. Confidence: Medium-High

Keep reading for the outlook into early next week

Tomorrow (Monday): This is more like it. While definitely not shorts/t-shirts weather, we'll finally welcome a day with considerable sunshine. While we may not have crystal blue skies all day long, we should see much more sun than in the past several days -- the right way to start off a new week. Highs will still be on the cool side, topping out right around 60 degrees or so. Winds will be from the northeast and light. Confidence: High

Tomorrow Night: Temperatures will again be cool under partly cloudy skies with overnight lows in the lower 40s, with a few readings in the 30s sprinkled around the cooler suburbs. Winds will be light and variable. Confidence: Medium-High

A LOOK AHEAD

Tuesday will see a mix of clouds and sun again with highs in the low 60s as a weak cold front approaches. There's an outside shot at a shower or two to the north and west, but most of the activity shouldn't make it across the mountains. Overnight, partly-to-mostly cloudy skies remain, as does a chance for showers north and west. Most of the area should stay high and dry. Lows dip to the mid-to-upper 30s (suburbs) to low 40s (downtown). Confidence: Medium

Wednesday high pressure overtakes the area. Mostly sunny skies will prevail across the mid-Atlantic and highs will remain cool-ish in the wake of the front, only reaching the upper 50s. Confidence: Medium-High