Weather for enjoying the outdoors is predicted this weekend.

A fine weekend is in store, according to the National Weather Service, and that may be welcome news to participants in Saturday’s Relay for Life and the Maricopa Mud Run.

Today, the high is 76 degrees F under sunny skies. Tonight also is set to be clear with a low around 50.

Friday is expected to be sunny with a high near 81 and mild breezes. The overnight low will probably be around 53 while the skies are mostly clear.

Saturday‘s forecast is for a sunny day and a high near 82. The night is expected to turn partly cloudy with a low around 52.

Sunday is likely to be partly sunny with a high near 81. The nightime low may be around 54.

Next week so far looks to be a mostly sunny affair with highs in the low 80s and lows in the low 50s.

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.