A cold air mass moving over the Mid-Columbia will bring colder, drier weather to the Tri-Cities, according to the National Weather Service.
Highs could fall to close to freezing this weekend in the Tri-Cities. Today's high is forecast in the high 30s, falling to as low as 32 degrees Sunday.
The low tonight is forecast at 24 degrees and the next three nights could be a couple of degrees cooler.
No more precipitation is forecast for the Tri-Cities at least through the weekend.
Cooler and damp weather is expected through the rest of the work week in the Mid-Columbia, according to the National Weather Service.
An unseasonably cold low pressure system will move into the Pacific Northwest today and remain over the region through much of the rest of the week. Temperatures could be 10 degrees or more below normal starting Wednesday.
Today, the high is expected to be 73 degrees in the Tri-Cities, dropping to 67 degrees Wednesday. Highs Thursday and Friday should be near 70 degrees.
Cooler and damp weather is expected through the rest of the work week in the Mid-Columbia, according to the National Weather Service.
An unseasonably cold low pressure system will move into the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday and remain over the region through much of the rest of the week.
Temperatures could be 10 degrees or more below normal starting Wednesday.
Easter is early this year, but the weather in the Tri-Cities still should be good for kids hunting for Easter eggs outside and church-goers dressing up in new spring clothes.
Highs today in the Tri-Cities should be about 65 degrees and there's a slight chance of showers, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather should warm a few degrees into the weekend, and skies should clear. The high Saturday should be about 68 and the high Sunday about 71.
The Tri-Cities will be under a freeze warning Monday and Tuesday nights.
An upper level trough with a cold air mass is over the Tri-Cities and will move east Tuesday, but the cold air mass will linger, according to the National Weather Service.
The low Tuesday morning in the Tri-Cities is predicted to be 31 degrees and Wednesday morning the low could be about two degrees lower.
The National Weather Service has extended the air stagnation advisory for the Tri-Cities until noon today.
However, the Tri-Cities could see some sunshine by afternoon and again Thursday.
Today, expect more patchy freezing fog before 10 a.m. A slight chance of rain and snow is in the forecast after 10 a.m. Any precipitation is expected to fall as snow at elevations over 600 feet, and much of the Tri-Cities is near 400 feet.
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