Mostly sunny, blustery, chilly today; Unseasonably cold next week

Temperatures to be 10 to 20 degrees cooler than usual

After a rainy night, today will be mostly sunny, blustery and chilly, with gusts as high as 30 mph and high temperatures around 62 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

Tonight will be partly cloudy and cold, with temperatures dropping to around 36 degrees.

Tomorrow will be sunny, breezy and chilly again, with a high around 63 degrees and gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday night will be partly cloudy, but not quite as cold, with lows around 47 degrees.

Saturday will be partly sunny and warmer, with a slight chance of showers starting in the afternoon. Highs will be around 68 degrees.

On Saturday night, there will be a chance of showers through midnight, before gradually tapering off by dawn. Lows will be around 43 degrees.

Sunday will be sunny with highs in the mid 60s and overnight lows in the low 40s.

The work week will get off to a chilly start as a polar vortex moves into the Great Lakes region. High temperatures will be to be 10 to 20 degrees cooler than usual, according to NWS.

On Monday and Tuesday, temperatures will struggle to get out of the 40s with Tuesday expected to be the coldest day.

Widespread frost and freeze is forecasted for multiple days — especially Tuesday and Wednesday, according to NWS.

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