Merry, warm Christmas, and hello, sunshine.

There is only a 20 percent chance of rain today, but this Christmas is projected to be one of the warmest on record locally.

Today’s high is expected to be 80. That will break the current record high of 78 degrees on Christmas day set in 1982.

The average high for Christmas day is 57 degrees.

Tonight’s low will be one degree warmer than that, at 58 degrees.