Cloudy skies and a bit of patchy drizzle will linger across the region through the morning hours making today a little cooler than Monday. However, temperatures will return to slowly climbing upwards this week as highs lift into a range more normal for March than January. The next chance for widespread precipitation looks to arrive at the tail end of the weekend (Sunday), but at least temperatures late this weekend look warm enough to preclude much threat of wintry weather. Here’s the 7-day forecast from the National Weather Service: 

Today: Patchy drizzle before 9 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. West northwest wind 7 to 11 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. South wind 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. South southeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53.

Friday Night: A chance of rain between 7 p.m. and 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 53.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 47. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Chance of precipitation is 30%.