More sunshine Monday and Tuesday, before a wet pattern returns later this week

BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Good evening, and happy Sunday everyone. Temperatures remain warm this evening, throughout the 50s and 60s as of 5:30pm. Sunshine is abundant across Maine, although clouds are a bit more stubborn and remain in greater amounts from Mount Desert Island along the Midcoast into Southern Maine. Visibility remains excellent and winds are relatively calm.

Skies will remain partly to mostly clear tonight. Lows will vary from the mid 30s to low 40s with light and variable winds.

Dry weather will continue throughout the start of the work week. Skies will be partly to mostly sunny on Monday, before becoming completely sunny on Tuesday. Highs will vary throughout the 50s and 60s on both days. Winds will be pretty calm on Monday, before picking up in the afternoon on Tuesday with E/SE gusts reaching 20-25 mph.

After four consecutive dry days from Saturday through Tuesday, cloudier conditions and scattered rain showers will develop across Maine on Tuesday night, lasting through Wednesday. High temps will take a hit on Wednesday, varying from the mid 40s to mid 50s with ESE gusts reaching 20-25 mph.

Thursday and Friday look to be the wettest days of the week as a large and slow moving upper-level low is expected to settle in. Models are starting to agree a bit more on timing than they did Sunday morning. Both the GFS (American) and ECMWF (Euro) models have a few showers on Thursday morning, before the bulk of precipitation enters on Thursday afternoon/evening, lasting throughout the majority of Friday. This timing may deviate a bit, but Thursday and Friday are expected to be the wettest days of the week. Highs will only reach the 40s and 50s with wind gusts peaking between 20-30 mph.

Showers look likely to hang overhead into the weekend, lasting all the way into next Monday. When all is said and done by the end of next weekend, rainfall totals will likely vary between 1-3 inches across Maine.

MONDAY: Highs from the low 50s to the upper 60s. Partly to mostly sunny. NE/SE gusts will reach 10-15 mph.

TUESDAY: Highs from the low 50s to the upper 60s. Sunny skies. East to SE gusts will reach 20-25 mph.

WEDNESDAY: Highs from the mid 40s to the mid 50s. Cloudier skies with scattered rain showers. ESE gusts will reach 20-25 mph.

THURSDAY: Highs from the mid 40s to the mid 50s. Overcast with rain likely. ESE gusts will reach 20-30 mph.

FRIDAY: Highs from the low 40s to the low 50s. Overcast with rain likely. NE gusts reach 20-30 mph.