Cloudy skies to give way to rain Tuesday

Fog and drizzle this morning has changed over to dry but cloudy conditions this afternoon as the Inland Northwest waits for its next rain storm on Tuesday. Highs are expected to reach the upper 40s. The National Weather Service is calling for a 30 percent chance of rain tonight to be followed by a 90 percent chance of rain on Tuesday. Snow levels are expected to rise to 5,000 feet on Tuesday. Drier weather will likely start Wednesday with fog returning late at night and early in the morning. Highs could reach 50 on Wednesday under sunny skies after any early fog or clouds burns away. Cooler weather is in the forecast for Thursday and Friday, but the parade of storms off the Pacific should stop later in the week, forecasters said. The Spokane region saw about a third of an inch of rain on Sunday. Deer Park had about a quarter of an inch. At 7 a.m., it was 39 at Spokane International Airport, 40 in downtown Spokane and Coeur d’Alene, 37 in Deer Park and 41 in Pullman.