First Alert Weather: Yellow Alert on Thursday for sleet and freezing rain

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Threat Tracker is highlighting Thursday with a Yellow Alert for some snow, sleet, and freezing rain in the morning and midday. Need to watch for a slippery commute on Thursday.

A cold front has moved through with some scattered snow showers and gusty winds 20-30 mph. Colder weather with temperatures dropping into the teens and low 20s Tuesday evening into the night with a feel-like wind chill at times around zero. It will be mostly cloudy on Wednesday with no weather issues.

The next storm system approaches on Thursday morning with warmer air moving in over the cold air at the surface. This set-up will produce some sleet and freezing rain.

At this time it does not appear to be an ice storm but rather a few hours of icing with some slick roads and small amounts on trees and powerlines. The wind may pick up some Thursday as temperatures warm above freezing, so we will need to monitor that for any tree and power issues that may develop. This will be the beginning of an active winter pattern with another snow and ice threat over the weekend and the potential for snow next week.

Stay tuned to News10NBC for updates on the ice threat and Yellow Alert Thursday.