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Video: Cooler days ahead: risk of rain on holiday weekend

BUT A SOUTHWEST BREATH MEANS IT'S AWAY FROM THE WATER. THOSE ARE THE HIGHEST TEMPERATURES OF THE NEXT FIVE DAYS. THEY ARE NOT JUST AVERAGE TO START WITH. WE'LL BE A LITTLE ABOVE AVERAGE AS WE HEAD UP TO THE WEEKEND, BUT THERE ARE NO 90S IN THIS FORECAST. THAT'S THE VIEW ACROSS THE CITY RIGHT NOW. WE'VE COOLED DOWN TO 72. THE DEW POINT IS DROPPING. BEFORE IT WAS ABOVE 60. NOW IT'S ROUNDED TO 61. THE HUMIDITY IS DROPPING. THANKS TO THOSE NORTHERN WINDS IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE COMFORTABLE OUTSIDE. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE DEW POINT. IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO FALL TONIGHT. TOMORROW MORNING IT'S GOING TO GET UP AT JUST 10 GRAMS. THAT'S COMFORTABLE, BUT IT'S GOING TO GET LOWER THROUGHOUT THE DAY UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. SO THE HUMIDITY IS GOING TO BE VERY DOMINANT AND SUNNY, COOL AND LESS HUMID. REALLY ROUNDING OUT THE WEATHER FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. NOW WE'RE COMING TO THE WEEKEND. SATURDAY: I'VE GOT SOME SHOWERS COMING IN SATURDAY NIGHT, MAYBE EVEN SOME ROLL OF THUNDER. IT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING BUT IT WILL CLEAR UP BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. SO THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE RAIN OVER THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IS SATURDAY EVENING. RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY NOT GET HERE UNTIL SUNSET OR A LITTLE LATER. WITH THIS HIGH TEMPERATURE ON SATURDAY, AROUND 80 DEGREES, THERE COULD BE SOME ROLLS OF THUNDER. NOT A BAD DAY. SUNDAY STARTS OUT CLOUDY. MAYBE SOME EARLY RAIN. THEN IT SHOULD CLEAR UP IN THE AFTERNOON AND ON MONDAY. THERE ARE LOTS OF PARADES AND CELEBRATIONS GOING ON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER THERE, BUT ALSO A LOT OF SUNSHINE, SO THE TIMING IS WORKING OUT ON SATURDAY EVENING. THAT'S THE LINE THAT'S GIVING US THE RAIN. AND THAT'S 6:00 PM AT NIGHT. NOW IT'S FINALLY COMING TO BOSTON AS WE TURN TO THE EVENING HOURS. BUT THEN IT'S STAYING. IT'S ARRIVING HERE LATE, BUT IT'S STAYING A LITTLE LEAD. SUNDAY MORNING. SUNDAY MORNING. STILL SOME SHOWERS OUT THERE. THAT'S 7 AM AND THEN IT'S SLOWLY WORKING ITS WAY OUT OF HERE AND SOME CLEAR SKIES COMING IN THE AFTERNOON. SO THE LESS HUMID WEATHER IS STAYING WITH US. TOMORROW, FRIDAY, IT'S WITH US. HERE COMES THE RAINMAKER, WHICH IS MOVING HERE ON SATURDAY. IT'S BRINGING WARM WEATHER WITH IT, BUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, TEMPERATURES WILL BE COOL. ONCE AGAIN. SO TONIGHT MOSTLY CLEAR, LESS HUMID, 12 TO 18 DEGREES. AND TOMORROW NOT VERY WARM. MUCH COOLER, MOSTLY SUNNY, LESS HUMID, 20 DEGREES ON THE COAST TO 23 DEGREES INLAND, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S LOOKING LIKE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN DAYS. THURSDAY. AND FRIDAY. MORNING TEMPERATURES WILL BE QUITE COOL ON FRIDAY MORNING, BUT NICE WEATHER WITH SUNSHINE AND PLEASANTLY HUMID. SATURDAY WILL BE QUITE DRY UNTIL NIGHT, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE RAIN AND MAYBE A ROLL OF THUNDER THAT WILL LAST UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING. AND AFTER THAT IT WILL CLEARLY WARM UP AGAIN. WE'RE BACK IN THE MIDDLE SECONDS. WE'LL HAVE SUNSHINE, PLEASANTLY HUMID. IT LOOKS LIKE MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY. WE CAN ALSO HAVE BEYOND THAT

Video: Cooler days ahead: risk of rain on holiday weekend

Mike Wankum takes a look at the weather forecast for Boston, Massachusetts and New England.

Mike Wankum takes a look at the weather forecast for Boston, Massachusetts and New England.