Excessive heat this weekend in Maricopa, but rain on horizon

The scorching weekend weather may ease up slightly for some more rain next week.

Maricopa remains under an excessive heat warning until Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service. Recognize the signs and symptoms of heat illness. Early symptoms include things such as headache, thirst and muscle cramps.

Tonight will be mostly clear and the low will be around 86 degrees with wind from the west northwest at 5-10 mph.

Saturday will look much like Friday, with the high soaring to around 114 under sunny skies. Overnight, a few clouds may roll in, and the low will be around 85. It will be breezy with a west win at 5 to 15 mph and gusts up to 20 mph.

Sunday will cool off just a little under mostly sunny skies. The high will only be 109. There will be a 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11 a.m. and the breezes will continue to pick up a bit. Sunday night, there will be a 20-percent chanced of rain and a low around 85. Wind gust may get as high as 20 mph.

That leads into a week that has a promising change of rain every day.