More cloud and rain are forecast for Beijing in the forthcoming week beginning Saturday, says the Beijing Meteorological Observatory.

Rain is expected next Monday and Wednesday, and on other days it will remain either cloudy or overcast, the observatory said on Thursday.

The average temperature will hover around 26 degrees centigrade, slightly lower than the 26.3 degrees centigrade average for this time of the year. Peak high may be up to 34 degrees centigrade.

(Xinhua News Agency July 10, 2008)