Warm and wet Christmas; Colder air arrives this week

Dec. 25—Christmas Day will be unseasonably warm but windy with afternoon rain that will continue through the evening. Today's high temperature will reach near 60 degrees, which is 20 degrees above normal for this time of year, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington. Rain will arrive across the region starting in the late morning to afternoon, mainly after 3 p.m., with showers …