Hazardous Outlooks Issued For Tuesday's Wintry Mix In The HV

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — With a wintry mix expected to bring up to 2 inches of snow and a glaze of ice in the Hudson Valley over the next 20 hours, the National Weather Service issued winter weather advisories for Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Ulster and northern Westchester counties to midday Wednesday.

The NWS also issued a hazardous outlook for southern Westchester, saying pockets of light freezing rain are possible, and even a small amount of freezing rain is capable of producing hazardous conditions.

Mixed precipitation is expected to begin between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. North of I-84 it will be mostly sleet and snow, while south of that, the folks at Hudson Valley Weather predicted mostly rain and snow, calling the storm "a disorganized mess ... bringing just about every form of precipitation imaginable."

Plan on slippery road conditions, the NWS said. The hazardous conditions could affect the evening and morning commute.

"Pockets of light freezing rain are most likely between 11 AM and 7 PM, today," Bruce Furbeck of First Due Weather said on Facebook. "The pockets of freezing drizzle and freezing rain will mix with plain rain, some sleet, and even some snowflakes. Just a glaze of ice could bring travel to a halt."

The Mid-Hudson Valley is predicted to receive all snow overnight. Precipitation will then transition back to a wintry mix and then plain rain Wednesday morning as temperatures rise above freezing. The National Weather Service made maps for that:

Temperatures will barely change between daytime and nighttime.

Here's the next 48 hours at a glance, based on Poughkeepsie:

Then from Thursday to Friday and again on the weekend, we'll get more rain.

Temperatures will rise, topping out by Saturday, where it could even reach 50 degrees in southern Westchester, before dropping again.

Here's the 5-day forecast based on northern Westchester:

• Tuesday - Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain with a slight chance of freezing rain this morning. A chance of rain, freezing rain, snow and sleet this afternoon. Highs in the mid 30s. West winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
• Tonight - Snow likely, a slight chance of sleet and freezing rain in the evening, then snow, freezing rain likely, a slight chance of sleet and rain after midnight. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation. Ice accumulation around a trace. Near steady temperature in the lower 30s. East winds around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation 60 percent.
• Wednesday - Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs in the upper 30s. Southeast winds around 5 mph.
• Wednesday Night - A chance of rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. South winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 70 percent.
• Thursday - Rain. Highs in the upper 40s. Southwest winds around 5 mph. Chance of rain 80 percent.
• Thursday Night - Rain. Near steady temperature in the mid 40s. Chance of rain 80 percent.
• Friday - Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the morning. Highs in the mid 50s. Chance of rain 40 percent.
• Friday Night - Mostly cloudy. Lows in the upper 30s.
• Saturday - Partly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s.
• Saturday Night - Mostly cloudy. A chance of rain in the evening, then rain likely after midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. Chance of rain 60 percent.