Your Weather Authority: Rainy, windy and chilly weather before improving late week.

ERIE, PA – This dismal weather pattern lasts through at least Wednesday, before improving late in the week. It will be an unpleasant Monday with an overcast sky, occasional steady rain, and gusty northerly winds. It will be chilly, with temperatures in the upper half of the 40s. Expect wind gusts of 20-30 mph through the day. The steady rain showers taper by midday, then drying out for the afternoon.

It will be mostly cloudy with mainly rain showers developing late Monday night. Although, it will turn just cold enough for some ice pellets or wet snow showers in the higher elevations to the south and east late at night through sunrise Tuesday.

Tuesday will be another windy and chilly day, with temperatures in the upper half of the 40s. Expect more rain showers Tuesday into Wednesday morning then drier weather by Wednesday afternoon.

Huge high-pressure arrives by Thursday, resulting in milder, drier, and sunny weather arriving for late week and into the weekend. Expect beautiful weather as temperatures return to the 60s and perhaps the low 70s on Sunday.

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