Today (Christmas Day): Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Light south southeast wind.

Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 31. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of sleet before 7am, then a chance of freezing rain and sleet between 7am and 9am, then rain after 9am. High near 42. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Wednesday Night: Rain. Temperature rising to around 47 by 5am. Breezy, with a southeast wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain, mainly before noon. High near 50. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 25 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 9pm, then a chance of snow and freezing rain between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Cloudy, with a high near 26. Blustery.

Yesterday’s High in Atlantic was 42. Our 24-hour Low (ending at 7-a.m. Today) will be/was 19 Last year on this date our High was 13 and the Low was -7. The record High in Atlantic on this date was 56 in 1922. The Record Low was -20 in 1983.