Maryland Weather: Chilly Fall Temps Arrive This Week

MARYLAND — While it's still summer, after a toasty Monday it will feel like sweater weather later this week in the early mornings in Maryland. Temperatures will dip below 60 degrees this week as the first day of autumn approaches, forecasters say.

Monday's high temperature will flirt with 90 degrees, but highs should stay below 80 until the weekend when it will feel like summer again. Overnight lows will be in the 50s Tuesday through Thursday.

Early risers should pull out their jackets Wednesday and Thursday as the mercury will fall into the upper 50s by sunrise on those days, according to the National Weather Service.

The rest of the week should be typical mid-September weather with high temperatures in the mid- to upper-70s, the weather service's forecast shows. But things will warm up again over the weekend with a Friday high near 78 and more readings in the low 80s before fall officially starts next Monday, forecasters say.

Here's a closer look at what to expect from the weather this week, courtesy of the National Weather Service.

Monday: Scattered showers between 11am and 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Isolated showers after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. East wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Northeast wind 3 to 7 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 57.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 80.