Freezing Rain Advisory for Medford Wednesday Night into Thursday

Medford has been handed its second Freezing Rain Advisory of the week.

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

A Freezing Rain Advisory dictates that freezing rain and drizzle will impair travel. Drivers are urged to prepare for slippery roads and to use caution while traversing the roads.

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.