After the start of 2022 with a high of around 80 degrees, rain will set in by Saturday evening Sunday. By Sunday evening, our spring weather will give way to winter, with minimums falling around zero for Sunday and Monday evenings.

Here is your official forecast for the North Escambia area:

New Year’s Day: 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Windy, with southerly wind 15-20 mph, gusting up to 35 mph.

Saturday night: Possibility of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly thunderstorm after midnight. Light around 71. Wind southwest around 15 mph, gusting up to 30 mph. The probability of precipitation is 80%. The new precipitation amounts are between a tenth and a quarter of an inch, except for higher amounts possible during a thunderstorm.

Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before noon, then possibility of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. High near 71. Wind west around 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could be blowing up to 25 mph. The probability of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday night: Partly cloudy, with a low of around 32. Wind northerly 10 to 15 mph, with gusts of up to 25 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 50. Wind north 5 to 15 mph.

Monday evening: Mainly clear, with a low of around 32. Wind north around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.

Tuesday: Mainly sunny, with a high near 60. Wind southeast around 5 mph.

Tuesday evening: Partly cloudy with a low of around 45. Wind east of around 5 mph becoming calm.

Wednesday: Mainly sunny, with a high near 69.

Wednesday evening: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.

Thusday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, to a high of near 64.

Thursday evening: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 52.