Warm temps return for holiday weekend

Dust off your grill because the National Weather Service predicts a return of warm weather just in time for Memorial Day weekend cookouts.

Friday is set to be sunny with a high of 74 degrees and temperatures dropping to 48 degrees at night.

Things warm up Saturday just in time for Taste of Cincinnati. Sun, along with temperatures approaching 78 degrees, is forecast, the weather service said. Saturday night's forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a low around 55 degrees.

The clouds will stay Sunday but temperatures are forecast rise to about 83 degrees during the day. The nighttime low will dip to about 66 degrees.

Memorial Day will see a chance of showers and storms in the afternoon and at night, the weather service said. The chance of precipitation is 30 percent.

Despite the chance for rain, Monday is forecast to be the warmest day of the weekend with a high of about 85 degrees and a nighttime low of about 67, the weather service said.