FORECAST: Quiet day ahead with rain expected overnight

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FORECAST:

• Quiet day ahead with just more clouds building in this afternoon.
• Highs in the mid 50s.
• The rain starts to push in after midnight and picks up through the morning on Friday.
• Some snow may mix in at the onset in the metro, but will quickly change over to all rain.
• Areas farther north along the I-40 corridor and the mountains will see a longer duration of a winter mix but not expecting any real accumulation outside of the high country (a few inches possible up there).
• Drier conditions should arrive by midday but we stay cloudy and cold all day.
• Temps struggle to even reach 40 degrees on Friday afternoon.
• Rain chances for the weekend are looking lower now as we slowly warm up to near 50 degrees.