Rain will be on the increase throughout the day on Friday and rain and possible thunder showers for Friday night with some heavy rainfall. Look for a high temperature near 55. Rain will also be with us for part of Saturday and then the colder air moves in on Sunday with a high near 42. A few flurries are possible for Christmas Eve with partly cloudy and cold for Christmas Day with a high near 35. Most of next week is looking rather chilly with highs in the thirties and forties. The national high temperature on Thursday was 87 at Alice Texas and the low was 20 below at Cando North Dakota.