Clouds are expected to break for a couple of days before returning next week. Photo by Raven Figueroa

After a slightly cool start, Maricopa can expect a mild weekend with lots of sun, according to the National Weather Service.

Today is mostly sunny with a high near 65 degrees F. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low around 45.

Friday is forecast to have increasing clouds during the day with a high near 69. The overnight low will be around 47 under mostly cloudy skies.

Saturday is expected to be sunny with a high near 74. The nighttime low will be around 46.

Sunday is likely to be mostly sunny with high near 77. Skies could turn mostly cloudy overnight when the low will be around 52.

The week will start sunny but cloud up, leading to a chance of rain midweek.

Raquel Hendrickson
Raquel, a.k.a. Rocky, is a sixth-generation Arizonan who spent her formative years in the Missouri Ozarks. After attending Temple University in Philadelphia, she earned a bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and has been in the newspaper business since 1990. She has been a sports editor, general-assignment reporter, business editor, arts & entertainment editor, education reporter, government reporter and managing editor. After 16 years in the Verde Valley-Sedona, she moved to Maricopa in 2014. She loves the outdoors, the arts, great books and all kinds of animals.