Good morning! I'm Aaron Jolly. And welcome to the New York Weather Podcast. It's Thursday, February 26th. And that half inch of snow overnight? It left a nasty parting gift.

Black ice is coating untreated roads across the Hudson Valley right now. If you're driving before mid morning, slow down. Seriously. Your brakes won't save you on a glazed bridge.

Meanwhile, Central New York is getting hammered by lake effect snow. One to three inches possible before 11 A.M. Snow showers are steady, visibility is lousy. And your windshield wipers are earning their paycheck.

The rest of the state? Chilly but calm. New York City climbs to 39 degrees under partly sunny skies. A slight chance of flurries sneaks in after 1 P.M.. Nothing to worry about. Tonight drops to 26. Albany looks gorgeous. Mostly sunny, high of 33 degrees. But tonight is where it bites. Lows crash to 12 degrees under crystal clear skies. That kind of cold seeps through walls. Over in Buffalo, you're sitting at 28 degrees with partly sunny conditions. Tonight settles to 18.

Now the good stuff. Friday brings sunshine statewide. Highs push into the 40s everywhere. Buffalo actually leads the pack at 45 degrees. Saturday gets even better. Highs near 47 in the metro area. That's jacket weather, not parka weather. Get outside. Walk the dog twice.

Then Saturday night.. The plot twist. An arctic front barrels through. Snow showers return. Sunday into Monday, temperatures nosedive. Single digit lows upstate. Highs stuck in the 20s as March arrives wearing January's coat. We're also tracking a potential storm system Tuesday into Wednesday. Still fuzzy on details, but I'll have more tomorrow.

One bright spot. Sunrise at 6:36 A.M., sunset at 5:44 P.M. We're gaining almost three minutes of daylight every day now. Spring equinox is just three weeks out.

Charge your phone tonight. Cold like Saturday's kills batteries faster than you'd think.

That's your forecast — we'll be back tomorrow.