Enjoy It While It Lasts: Poughkeepsie's Weekend Weather

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — Sunshine, blue skies, low humidity — this will be a weekend to enjoy.

"After the week of heat and humidity we’ve just been through… this looks like a GORGEOUS stretch of weekend weather! We hope you can enjoy it!" said the guys at Hudson Valley Weather.

This will allow for more comfortable conditions for exercising, manual labor or enjoying the outdoors, said Alex Sosnowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist. It will still be warm enough for swimming, and fans and air conditioners may still be needed in urban areas — but temps will drop at night to a cool level.

However, as is almost always the case in July, heat and humidity will return to the mid-Atlantic region next week.

Here's the National Weather Service weekend forecast for the mid-Hudson Valley:

• Friday: A chance of showers, mainly before 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
• Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. North wind 6 to 11 mph.
• Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 79. North wind 3 to 7 mph.
• Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 57. Light and variable wind.
• Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind.
• Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61.

Map: AccuWeather.com.