Our winter wonderland and white on the ground will turn to a muddy mess this weekend, with warmer air and some rain on the way.Saturday may start off wit a brief rain showers, most of the day will be mainly dry,

This evening and tonight in the Valley expect mostly cloudy skies with a chance of showers during the earlier part of the overnight hours with temperatures falling into the upper-50s to near 60 degrees out the door on Saturday morning.

Storms are expected to cover the Metroplex by mid-morning. Large hail and damaging winds are the main threats.

The 22News Storm Team has issued a Weather Alert for freezing rain on Saturday morning. A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, and Berkshire County for potentially icy roads between 4 a.

Through the remainder of our Friday, a few scattered showers and/or storms will develop as the day wraps up. One or two storms could produce isolated strong wind and/or some small hail, but we do not expect widespread severe weather issues on Friday.

Heavy wind, rain, and storms are likely ahead of the front on Sunday, when many of you may be planning to travel! Scattered storms could even be severe at times mainly in the 11am - 8pm window. That being said,

That means there is a good chance there will be some soggy revelers in Times Square on New Year's Eve. CBS News New York's Craig Allen has your extended forecast.

We have declared First Alert Weather Days for Saturday, December 28 and Sunday, December 29 for the possibility of some strong to severe storms developing.

We are posting a First Alert Weather Day for Saturday. The alert level is Code Orange. WHAT: A Level 3/5 (enhanced) risk of severe weather is posted from Baton Rouge northward. THREATS: Damaging winds,