Cooler with showers; expect a wet start to Memorial Day weekend

Xander Roberts with Boy Scout Troop 956 presented his Eagle Scout project "Flags for the Fallen" at Greenwood Cemetery on veterans day Wednesday Nov. 11, 2020 in Hamilton. Roberts lead the project and with the help of others and over $10,000 in donations added flag poles and flags representing the United States and branches of the military, new paint and more to renovate a memorial at the cemetery. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

Credit: Nick Graham

Credit: Nick Graham

Xander Roberts with Boy Scout Troop 956 presented his Eagle Scout project "Flags for the Fallen" at Greenwood Cemetery on veterans day Wednesday Nov. 11, 2020 in Hamilton. Roberts lead the project and with the help of others and over $10,000 in donations added flag poles and flags representing the United States and branches of the military, new paint and more to renovate a memorial at the cemetery. NICK GRAHAM / STAFF

Showers are likely to continue through the afternoon and evening hours.

The high temperature will reach around 70 degrees ahead of a cold front that will bring a chilly northerly wind, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington. There is a chance of showers before 10 p.m., then scattered showers after midnight. Overnight will be cloudy with a low around 47 degrees and wind gusts as high as 30 mph possible.

Showers are likely on Saturday, mainly after 5 p.m. It will be cloudy with a high near 56 degrees. It also will be breezy, with wind gusts as high as 30 mph. Saturday night will be mostly cloudy with a low around 46 degrees.

Skies will be mostly sunny on Sunday, but it will still be cooler with the high near 67 degrees, about 10 degrees below normal for this time of year. Sunday night will be partly cloudy with a low around 47 degrees.

Memorial Day will be mostly sunny and warmer with a high near 75 degrees. Monday night will be mostly cloudy with a low around 56 degrees.