The forecast of mixed precipitation comes on the heels of a winter storm that hit the mid-Atlantic and Northeast, dropping more than a foot in some spots.
Several Midwest states, including Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana and Michigan, are expected to experience either ice or rain. The Northeast states included in the advisory, New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Connecticut, will also experience ice or rain, except for the Green and White mountains where some snow will mix in, as well as right along Lakes Erie and Ontario where lake effect snow will also be present.
"Even a glaze of freezing rain can become dangerous on untreated surfaces," according to the Weather Prediction Center.The National Weather Service in Chicago warned Saturday evening many sidewalks and parking lots in the city were iced over,"and it may not be very apparent." In Indiana, State Police Sgt. Glen Fifield wrote on Twitter Saturday drivers should slow down, adding troopers were investigating multiple crashes.