Messy weekend wintry mix continues in Northern states

Truckers will hit more wet and slushy conditions this weekend from the Great Lakes to the Northeast.

Two cold fronts will produce periods of mixed precipitation — rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain — Friday and Saturday. Most travel impacts will be across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio through Friday night and early Saturday morning, then from West Virginia to Maine the rest of Saturday. Gusty winds may lead to occasional blowing snow and reduced visibility.

The interior Northeast may see lingering snow Sunday. Parts of the Interstate 95 corridor will mainly be wet, with wintry weather staying to the west of the highway.

As of Friday morning, the National Weather Service had a winter weather advisory in place for portions of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, where up to 6 inches of snow could pile up from Friday afternoon until early Saturday morning. A winter weather advisory was also posted for northern Maine, where 4 to 8 inches of snow could accumulate by early Friday evening, as well as a half-inch of sleet and one-tenth inch of ice.