OCALA, FL (352today.com) – It’s Friday and you can see the weekend from here. Once you get past Friday, you’ll be rewarded with nice weather for the weekend.
The National Weather Service (NWS) says you may have to dodge some rain showers on Friday. The NWS says the showers will be isolated. So, not everyone will see rain and once those clear out it will be sunny and around 70 this weekend.
That’s a nice forecast for almost anything you want to do outdoors – except offshore and near-shore fishing.
The NWS says it will be windy Saturday with gusts up to 21 mph. Saltwater anglers: Your best bet will be to wait until Sunday unless you can hit some waterways where there’s good protection from the gusty conditions.
Ocala Forecast
Here’s your day-by-day outlook from the NWS.
Today: A slight chance of showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 2 p.m., then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2 p.m. Increasing clouds, with a high near 74. Windy, with a southwest wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight: A 30% chance of showers before 7 p.m. Mostly cloudy, then gradual clearing toward daybreak, with a low around 50. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Northwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 43. West wind 6 to 13 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 40.
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