Rain on the forecast today, tonight and this week

Laketrica Graves and her daughter, Dareyall share an umbrella walking to CVS across Courthouse Square on a rainy Tuesday afternoon March 22, 2022, JIM NOELKER/STAFF

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Laketrica Graves and her daughter, Dareyall share an umbrella walking to CVS across Courthouse Square on a rainy Tuesday afternoon March 22, 2022, JIM NOELKER/STAFF

A chance of showers and thunderstorms are likely this afternoon with additional showers and a second thunderstorm tonight, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

Skies will be mostly cloudy. A chance of small hail is very possible, too. The high of the day will be near 55 degrees and the overnight low will be around 40 degrees.

An upper level low system will lead to unseasonably chilly, breezy and cloudy conditions through the first part of the workweek before temperatures moderate briefly toward midweek, the NWS said.

Showers may continue into the evening.

Tonight will be cloudy and mild with a 70% chance of rain showers. More precipitation and thunderstorms will likely occur between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m., with extended showers after 2 a.m.

Gusts of wind around 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph are possible as well.

Much below normal temperatures are expected today through Tuesday before warmer air returns to the region by Wednesday into Thursday, according to the NWS.

New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible for a rainy Monday, with blustery conditions to match the precipitation. Wind gusts will go from 16 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

The high will be near 47 degrees and the low temperature fall arounds 40 degrees overnight.

There’s a potential for wind gusts to go as high as 35 to 40 mph on Monday, the NWS said. Monday night is cloudy and breezy with a 90% chance of precipitation.

On Tuesday, a chance of showers in the morning is possible, but otherwise will be mostly cloudy as the day goes on. The high of the day will be near 49 degrees. It’ll be windy with gusts ranging from 15 to 22 mph and up to 32 mph.

Overnight, it’ll be mostly cloudy and cold with a low around 36 degrees.

Dry conditions are set to return Wednesday with a partly sunny sky and a high around 56 degrees. Wednesday night will be partly cloudy, with a low around 36 degrees.

60 degree weather makes an official return Thursday and Friday.

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