HEADLINES:

Wednesday will be picture perfect, with sunshine and highs in the mid- to upper 50s. Clouds arrive Wednesday night, with some patchy fog to start Thursday.

Spring begins Thursday and it will be mostly cloudy and mild, with rain arriving at night. Rain may be heavy at times into Friday morning, with an improvement through the day.

Friday will be breezy and the coolest day of the week, with highs in the upper 40s.

Nice weather returns this weekend, with sun and clouds, highs in the low 50s.

FORECAST:

OVERNIGHT: Clear and chilly, with lows near 36 degrees. Light north winds. Sunrise: 6:57 a.m.

WEDNESDAY: Sam's Pick of the Week! Sunny and nice, with highs near 58 degrees. East winds 5 to 10 mph. Sunset: 7:04 p.m. Becoming mostly cloudy, with areas of fog at night with lows near 40 degrees. Southeast winds 3 to 7 mph.

THURSDAY: Patchy fog in the morning. Mostly cloudy to cloudy. Highs near 54 degrees. Rain arrives late Thursday evening into Thursday night. Becoming breezy at night, with lows near 37 degrees.

FRIDAY: Morning rain gives way to mostly cloudy skies, with scattered showers in the afternoon. Breezy and cooler, with highs near 49 degrees. Lows near 37 degrees.

SATURDAY: Partly sunny and nice. Highfs near 54 degrees. Lows near 35 degrees.

SUNDAY: Mostly sunny and nice. Highs near 53 degrees. Lows near 35 degrees.

MONDAY: Mostly cloudy, with the good chance of rain showers. Highs near 52 degrees. Lows near 40 degrees.