Cold Temperatures, Wind Chill to Continue in NCW

A very cold arctic air mass is still sitting over North Central Washington, bringing with it low daytime and overnight temperatures this week.

National Weather Service Meteorologist Charlotte Dewey said gusty winds, especially from Omak to the Waterville Plateau, will continue.

"We'll see gusty winds. We're already seeing gusts up into the 30 to 40 mph range." explained Dewey, "So that will drive our cold temperatures to see some pretty chilly wind chill values as well for today into the early part of Tuesday."

Overnight lows will stay in the single digits throughout the week in part because of all of the snow covering Eastern Washington. Dewey added that once clearer skies enter the region's forecast, heat will radiate out from the area and the air mass will then cool even further.

It's forecasted that our region wont see temperatures above freezing until the new year.

Snow is expected to return to the area's passes Wednesday or Thursday.