Columbus might have heeded the proverb “Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning” if he was to gaze at Lawrence’s eastern horizon this morning.

As the sun was coming up on today’s federal holiday of Columbus Day, wispy clouds to the east were making for a brilliant reddish skyline — possibly signalling some rainy weather.

“We end up with just a few high clouds pushing in today,” said Jennifer Schack, 6News meteorologist. “By tomorrow evening, I think there’s a chance for some scattered showers.”

At 7:45 a.m., Lawrence’s temperature was 42 degrees, the humidity was 92 percent and winds were calm.

“It is a chilly start this morning,” Schack said. “We’re heading up to a 66 degrees.”

Winds will be from the northwest at 5 to 10 mph, with a few high to mid-level clouds moving in to dim today’s sunshine, she said.

Schack said winds will diminish tonight, coming in from the east at 3 to 5 mph.

The temperature will fall overnight to a low of 48 by early Tuesday morning, she said.

Tuesday’s high temperature will top out at 65 degrees, with northeast winds 5 to 10 mph. There’s a chance of rain Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, Schack said.

Wednesday’s morning low will be 50 degrees, with the high temperature for Wednesday increasing to 64 degrees.

The National Weather Service says the chance for rain is 30 percent on Tuesday, 40 percent on Wednesday and 20 percent Wednesday night.