Umbrellas are needed today! Rain totals will be under 1/2 and 1 inch today, but it was a rainy morning across the lower Hudson Valley with periods of light to sometimes briefly moderate rain showers and a few showers can linger into the afternoon.

The afternoon will not be perfect, but it will be much better with the bulk of the showers behind us. Clouds will mix with a few breaks of sun, but there can still be a spotty rain shower at any point through early in the evening as a cold front moves through from the west. Highs will once again be well into the 50s!

Friday will feel colder, but it will be dry with a mix of sun and clouds. Wind gusts will be a little over 20 mph at times, making high temperatures in the mid-40s feel more like the 30s.

A clipper system will still be mostly passing to the north of the lower Hudson Valley Friday night through Saturday. That said, there can be a couple of mixed showers Friday evening and a few spotty light rain showers on Saturday. Saturday will not be a washout at all with even some breaks of sun and highs back in the 50s.

Plan on dressing very warmly on Sunday and Monday with dry, but much colder weather. Highs will be in the 30s with wind chills in the 20s at best!

By Tuesday, temperatures jump back into the upper 40s for highs and 50s again for next Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday will be dry, but there will be an increasing chance for steady rain later Wednesday and through Thursday. The end of next week looks dry and seasonable next Friday.

FORECAST:

TODAY: Morning periods of rain showers taper off through the afternoon. While clouds can break for hints of sun this afternoon, a spotty lingering shower cannot be ruled out through early evening as a cold front moves through. That said, the afternoon is much drier than the morning. Highs around 56 degrees. Breezy - wind south-southwest around 10 to 20 mph.

TONIGHT: Clouds gradually clear with lows around 37 degrees.

FRIDAY: Sun and clouds. Breezy and chillier. Actual air temperatures will be around 45 degrees, but it will feel like the 30s through the afternoon. WIND: Northwest around 10 to 20 mph. There will be a few mixed rain and snow showers possible Friday night after 8 p.m. Lows near 38 degrees.

SATURDAY: SPOTTY SHOWER CHANCE - A mix of clouds and breaks of sun. A snow shower is possible in the early morning with just a few spotty light rain showers during the day. It will not be a washout and much of the day could end up dry, especially in Westchester and Rockland Counties. This is from a clipper system mostly passing to the north. Breezy with highs around 55 degrees. Turning much colder at night. Lows around 23 degrees. It will feel like the teens at best overnight.

SUNDAY: MUCH COLDER - Sun and clouds. Breezy and colder. Highs around 33 degrees. It will feel like the teens and 20s. Lows around 18 degrees.

MONDAY: Mostly sunny, breezy and cold with highs around 37 degrees. Lows near 26 degrees.

TUESDAY: RISING TEMPERATURES - Partly sunny to mostly cloudy. Breezy. Warming back up a bit. Highs around 46 degrees. Lows near 37 degrees.

WEDNESDAY: Increasing clouds with rain arriving in the afternoon or evening. Highs around 54 degrees. Lows near 38 degrees.