Dry weather today, good for travel for most of the East Coast. Rain develops between 5 a.m. and 8 a.m. on Thursday and continues through the day light to moderate at times. The showers will be tapering off been 4 and 7 p.m. just in time for dinnertime travel. The roads will be wet Thursday afternoon, and the winds will be increasing to 30 mph. Weather improvements for Friday and into the weekend, with the coldest air of the season coming for the start of December.

TODAY: Increasing clouds, with a high near 53. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

TONIGHT: A chance of showers toward morning. Cloudy, with a low around 40. Light and variable wind.

THANKSGIVING DAY: Cloudy with periods of rain. High near 54. East wind 10 to 20, gusts to 35 mph in the afternoon, winds becoming west in the afternoon.

THURSDAY NIGHT: Chance of an early evening shower. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Northwest wind 10 to 15 gusts to 30 mph.

FRIDAY: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Turning colder into the first week of December. Meteorological winter starts Dec. 1.

SATURDAY: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.

SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

SUNDAY: Partly sunny, with a high near 40.

SUNDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

MONDAY: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

MONDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

TUESDAY: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.