Cool weather Thursday but it will warm up a little by the weekend

Sunny skies will return to the metro-east Thursday.

But they’ll be accompanied by brisk temperatures, according to the National Weather Service.

The high will reach 40, two degrees cooler than the average high temperature for Feb. 4 in the St. Louis metropolitan area. But it will seem even cooler with winds of up to 10 mph.

Skies will be mostly clear overnight with a low of 25.

A gradual warming trend will start on Friday when the temperature will be 45 under mostly sunny skies.

Friday night, it will be mostly cloudy with a low of 30.

The weekend forecast calls for partly sunny skies and a high of 49 Saturday. It will be partly cloudy Saturday night with a low of 31.

On Sunday, the high will reach 53 under mostly sunny skies.

Sunday night, there is a slight chance of rain late in the evening with a low of 32.

Click here for the detailed local forecast.

This story was originally published February 4, 2016 at 6:22 AM with the headline "Cool weather Thursday but it will warm up a little by the weekend."