WEATHER ALERT: Hazardous Weather Outlook Issued For Thursday Commute

Watch those roads on Thursday morning.

What appears to be a long pattern of bad weather stretching across the United States will touch New Jersey and Pennsylvania Thursday morning, with rain and ice hitting the region around 2 a.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a “Hazardous Weather Outlook,” saying that spotty freezing rain and sleet is possible.

Roads could be slick in spots as the rain will continue though Friday.

The National Weather Service predicts thunderstorms, lightning strikes and “hail the size of pennies” as an “active spring weather pattern” moves through the central United States on Thursday.

“Thunderstorms will likely develop toward evening, with several rounds of storms expected overnight into Thursday morning. Some of these storms could also produce large hail and locally heavy rainfall, but the greatest threat of severe weather will develop Thursday afternoon,” reports the National Weather Service.

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