HIGH: 42
LOW: Rising at night
* Icy travel at the start because of light freezing rain.
* Cloudy and foggy. Light freezing rain changes to rain and drizzle as temperatures rise above freezing.
* Daytime highs hover in the middle and upper 30s, then rise through the 40s Friday evening and night.
* Gusty south winds develop and increase 12-24 m.p.h.
* Foggy Friday night with rain and possible thunderstorms. Rain may be heavy at times. Flash flood watch in effect.
DEC. 26 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 31(degrees)/17(degrees)
Record high: 55(degrees) (1971)
Record low: -11(degrees) (1983)
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