Thursday morning may be the coldest of the winter

Early Thursday morning was forecast to be the coldest of the winter so far.

The National Weather Service was predicting that temperatures would drop as low as 1 degree at the airport in Pasco.

Early morning commuters should watch out for slick roads as any melted snow and ice refreezes, says the weather service. Patchy freezing fog is forecast before 10 a.m.

The weather service continues to predict more snow starting Friday in the Tri-Cities.

A 50 percent chance of snow is forecast for Friday and Saturday, with a 60 percent chance of snow Friday night.

Accumulations may be modest.

Less than half an inch is possible Friday, an inch Friday night, and one to two inches on Saturday.

The storm system will bring some slightly warmer temperatures.

Thursday night the low in the Tri-Cities should be about 19 degrees. But my Sunday night the low may drop to about 12 degrees.

Highs should be in the 20s most days through at least Wednesday.

This story was originally published February 6, 2019 at 3:58 PM.