Freezing Rain Advisory for Area Wednesday Night into Thursday

The area is under a Freezing Rain Advisory from 8 p.m. Wednesday night until 3 a.m. Thursday morning, the National Weather Service just announced.

The Freezing Rain Advisory is for Middlesex, Essex, Southern Worcester, Norfolk and Suffolk Counties.

The freezing rain is expected to bring a trace to a few hundreds of an inch of ice with temperatures in the lower 30s.

The timing of the rain will be between 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Wednesday night and continuing until 3 a.m. Thursday.

The freezing rain will make for hazardous travel conditions. Untreated roads and walkways will be slippery, as well as bridges, overpasses and other elevated platforms.