Scattered showers pick up in the afternoon, briefly changing to snow tonight

Dec. 9—Scattered showers will become more numerous this afternoon and evening as a cold front approaches the area. It will be breezy with a south wind of 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph and a high for today near 63 degrees, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington. A lull in the rain is expected around mid morning before showers increase later in the day into the …