Severe weather possible for Sunday night

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Today is expected be sunny and unusually warm for the season, with chances of severe weather tonight.

The National Weather Service in Wilmington said it’ll be mostly sunny, with highs near 84 degrees. Some wind gusts between 9 to 15 mph are possible, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Storms are expected to develop behind a cold front this afternoon, increasing in coverage in the late afternoon and early evening.

Tonight brings a chance of rain showers and thunderstorms after 5 p.m., and before midnight.

The initial threat of large hail in individual storms during the late afternoon will evolve into a damaging wind threat in the evening as storms develop into line segments, according to the NWS.

Additional showers are possible between midnight and 1 a.m.

Some of these storms could still produce large hail through the evening.

Lows will fall around 36 degrees.

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