Boston is in for a couple bouts of rain and moderately warmer temperatures over the next week, according to National Weather Service forecasts.

“We’re looking at a period of wet weather to start,” said NWS meteorologist Bryce Williams. “So we’ll see rain overnight (Sunday), and continuing for pretty much all of Monday, before we dry out overnight for a drier rest of the week for the most part.”

After Monday, Boston is expected to see drier, sunnier days through Thursday night, according to forecasts. On Thursday, there is potential for “our next wet weather system moving in late in the evening,” Williams said.

“So the next chance of rain after Monday is going to be the second half of the week,” said Williams. “Right now it’s looking more like a Thursday night to Friday rain situation.”

Throughout the week, highs are expected to remain slightly below than the low 60s temperatures the region saw over the weekend, NWS forecasts show. Highs are expected to remain in the 50s throughout much of the work week.

“As far as where we are temperature wise, as we’re getting into mid-to-late March, we’re getting into those stretches where we’re starting to expect to see these warm temperatures,” said Williams. “There’s excessively warm in the near future, but we’re looking pretty seasonable and much like we saw last week. But we’re not going to see quite the warm up that we enjoyed for a couple of days last week.”

Temperatures are expected to kick off a little higher, with a high of 59 degrees forecasted on Monday, before dipping slightly lower.

“We’ll have that wind come off the water by Tuesday and keep us down in the low 50s for high temperatures for through at least the middle of the week,” said Williams. “And then potentially warming up later on.”

Preliminary NWS forecasts show temperatures may warm up briefly to the high 50s on Thursday but dip to highs in the upper 40s again Friday heading into the weekend.

A protest called “Show Your Pride for Democracy” organized by 50501, a political action organization whose name stands for “50 protests, 50 states, 1 movement,” drew crowds to Boston Common to demonstrate their pride for democracy. 

50501 is the organization behind dozens of protests that took place in all 50 states on Feb. 5 against the policies and actions of President Donald Trump’s second administration. There were more than 80 peaceful demonstrations in all that day, and 50501 has continued gathering for protests like these. 

The Boston event, which took place on Boston Common at noon Saturday, was meant to be “a celebration of the diversity and unity that make America strong.” Attendees were encouraged to wear attire that reflects their identity, whether it’s their country of origin, ancestry, military service, LGBTQIA+ pride, or something else. 

“This event highlights the unique qualities that bring Americans together as we celebrate and reaffirm our commitment to upholding and protecting democracy,” organizers said. 

The event had a series of speakers including Jessica Tang, president of the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts; Mara Dolan from the Massachusetts Governor’s Council; Steve Kerrigan, chair of the Massachusetts Democrats Party; Dr. Kylie Ariel Bemis, a Rising Hearts athlete advocate; Claire Bergstresser from the Federal Unionist Network; Bryan Winter, a retired Army sergeant and Mass 50501’s veterans representative, and Veronica from Together We Thrive Boston.

WCVB captured the crowds and some of the speeches.

The Boston Bruins had an energetic boost in the first two games after the trade deadline, winning both contests against division rivals: the Tampa Bay Lightning and Florida Panthers.

Whatever energy the Black and Gold had in those first two games seems to have disappeared, and the Bruins were overpowered in their last two games, including a 6-2 blowout loss to the Lightning on Saturday night at TD Garden.

Despite the Lightning getting on the board first, the Bruins played pretty well in the first period and went to the room tied 1-1 after Elias Lindholm scored his 12th goal of the season on a beautiful feed from defenseman Andrew Peeke. It was the middle frame that the wheels came off.

The Bolts outshot Boston 20-0 in the second leading the Black and Gold faithful to boo the home team off the ice after 40 minutes of play.

“I’m not really sure what happened in the second here,” Lindholm told reporters, per team-provided video. “The compete level was nowhere to be found. Unacceptable overall, there and it’s frustrating for sure.

“You always want to play hard at home. The fans deserve it. They pay a lot of money to come here and watch us play. Obviously, they have every right to boo when the effort is like that. We talked about it too. Always work hard, even though we’re down, we try to push back. But tonight, it was unacceptable. We deserve to get booed.”

“You can’t play only one good period a game and win. That’s something we have to learn from,” Pavel Zacha said after the loss, per team-provided video. “It’s really frustrating. Especially not even having a shot on goal in the whole period. We can’t play like that. It’s embarrassing. We just have to be way better.

“I think we deserved (the fans booing). I mean, when you play like that and have no shots on goal. We had been outplayed the whole period. It doesn’t feel good, but we all knew when we came back (to the room) that we deserved it. We had to play better. Especially at home for our fans. It just wasn’t good enough.”

Here are more notes from Saturday’s Bruins-Lightning game:

— The Bruins fell to 30-30-8 overall on the season and 19-12-5 at home. With the loss, Boston is four points out of a playoff spot with just 14 games remaining in the regular season.

— After giving up four goals on 15 shots in the first period in Boston’s loss to the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night, Jeremy Swayman battled between the pipes against the Lightning and made 33 saves on 37 shots in his 23rd loss of the season.

Despite the loss, Swayman is still not losing faith in his team.

“I know that we have something in here that is special,” Swayman said, per team-provided video. “I’m going to keep pushing on them and try to lead and try to get these guys going as much as I can and do my job. I know that it’ll follow, and when we get momentum, it’s pretty hard to play against us, so we just have to stick to our identity. Nobody respects us, and that’s something that we need to get behind. I think that we can do it.”

— The Bruins will try and end their two-game losing skid when they host the Buffalo Sabres on Monday night. Puck drop from TD Garden is scheduled for 7 p.m. ET, and you can watch the game on NESN after an hour of pregame coverage.