What's the meaning of とはいかないまでも?


I know the grammatical form ない+までも that means "not until that degree, but",
however I'm not sure how to translate とはいかないまでも in English. I found this
expression in the following sentence:"明日ハイキングだ。快晴とはいかないまでも、雨は降らないで欲しい". I
translated it roughly as :"tomorrow we got to hike. I don't hope it's a clear
day, but that it doesn't (arrive to the point that) rain". Was I close?




I am a new contributor. Have you already got a good answer to this question? I
am not good at writing English, but I have tried to translate it into English.

  * 快晴とはいかないまでも、雨は降らないで欲しい。
  * I do hope that it will not be rainy, not to say perfectly sunny.

Does this English sound good or correct to you?

