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Warming up for Christmas

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RICHMOND, Va. -- Skies will be variably to partly cloudy overnight, with a isolated sprinkle or two and a little bit of fog possible towards daybreak. Lows will be in the low to mid 30s, with some upper 20s in the coldest rural communities.

Sunday will offer partly sunny skies, with afternoon highs in the upper 50s to around 60.
Christmas Eve (late Sunday evening and Sunday night) will be dry with temperatures in the mid 30s to low 40s.

Christmas Day will bring a good amount of sunshine, followed by increasing clouds in the afternoon. It will be mild, with afternoon highs in the low 60s in many locations. Then our next storm will bring rain to the area on Tuesday (areas to the west will see some rain Monday night). Highs Tuesday will be in the upper 50s to around 60.

The rain will continue Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Rain totals will likely range between 0.5-1.0", although a few spots could receive more than an inch. Wednesday afternoon will be a bit drier, with highs in the low to mid 60s.

There may be a pop-up shower on Thursday, but the rest of the week should be mainly dry. Highs Thursday will be in the mid to upper 50s, cooling into the low 50s on Friday.

That cooling trend will continue into next weekend, with highs on Saturday expected to be in the upper 40s.

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