It would be smart to keep a raincoat or umbrella at hand through much of the week ahead, with rain in the forecast for most of the approaching work days and “roller coaster” temperatures expected, according to the National Weather Service.

The good news is that there won’t be much in the way of gusting wind to bring down power lines or knock your trash cans over, NWS Meteorologist Bryce Williams told the Herald, the bad is that the forecast for each of the next seven days in the Greater Boston region includes some chance of rain and wide swings in the daily temperature.

“This is a temperature roller coaster. We’ve been a bit cool this weekend, and we’re going to see temperatures bumping up into the 70s for many locations tomorrow and Tuesday. Those first two days are going to be the warmest by far and then we’ll start a cooling trend,” Williams said.

Monday will be the driest of the coming days this week, according to the NWS, with just a 30% chance of some precipitation and less than a tenth-of-an-inch expected. Williams said the chance for a few scattered showers will increase through the afternoon and fall again going into the night, when the temperature is expected to drop toward the middle-50s.

“It will be drier than we saw (Sunday), at least,” he said.

Tuesday may feature dry commutes, with most of the 30% chance of rain currently forecast to come in after 5 p.m. The day will be sunny otherwise, according to the NWS, with highs in the mid-70s and overnight lows again in the middle 50s.

It will be cooler Wednesday and “continue to cool a bit each day into the week,” Williams said.

Showers are also more likely on Wednesday, when the weather service is predicting a 70% chance of rain, mainly after 9 a.m. That weather system brings cooler air and leaves temperatures in the mid-to-upper 60s.

The rain should slow after 10 p.m. on Wednesday, NWS forecasts, with overnight lows in the upper-40s.

Rain is expected to return again on Thursday, with a 40% chance of precipitation predicted mostly after noon, according to the NWS. Cloudy skies leave the temperature in the upper-50s or just creeping into the 60s, according to Williams, and overnight lows could fall as low as the middle 40s.

Friday looks about the same as of this point, with another 40% chance of rain called and high temperatures in the upper-50s.

Another weather system heading toward New England could leave both Saturday and Sunday soggy, Williams said.

“Unfortunately, we’ve got periodic chances of rain throughout the week,” Williams said.