The blustery weather that blasted Butler County early Tuesday is projected to subside by early Wednesday morning.

Temperatures dropped to as low as 35 degrees Tuesday morning with the wind chill dipping to the low to mid 20s, and wind gusts as high as 45 miles per hour, according to Myron Padgett of the National Weather Service in Wilmington.

“We were just on the edges of the storm,” he said. “We weren’t expecting that much rain from it. Just some wind. Nothing major.”

Total accumulated rainfall from midnight to 2 p.m. Tuesday amounted to about a quarter inch or less, Padgett said.

Lows overnight into early morning Wednesday are forecast to drop to the mid-30s with northwest winds of 20 to 25 mph, he said.

There’s an 80 percent chance of light precipitation into Wednesday morning, as light rain might mix with or change to wet snow overnight.

Temperatures on Wednesday are forecast to reach the low to mid-40s, then dip to a low in the low-30s late Wednesday and early Thursday morning.

There’s a 40 percent chance precipitation on and off through the day Wednesday and winds won’t exceed 10 to 15 mph, with gusts of up to 25 mph, Padgett said.

“There shouldn’t be any real problems (Wednesday) with the wind,” he said.

The coming days should see a gradual improvement in the weather, according to NWS meteorologist Andrew Snyder.

Thursday will see a mix of clouds and sun with temperatures in the lower 50s and winds at more typical levels of 10 to 15 mph, Snyder said. Temps on Thursday night will dip back into the lower 30s.

“Thursday night is when we’re really expecting to clear out,” Snyder said. “We’re expecting lows in the lower 30s and Friday and Saturday partly cloudy skies with high temperatures in the mid-50s and lows in the lower 30s.”

“By Sunday and Sunday night, we have a 30 percent chance of showers with a weak low pressure system moving through,” he said.