The northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service issued a special weather statement this morning regarding a chance of freezing rain and ice accumulation in its forecast area tonight and tomorrow.

The statement indicates that its meteorologists expect light freezing rain to move into far northwestern Indiana after midnight. They expect the freezing rain to spread across northeastern Indiana, southern Lower Michigan and northwestern Ohio through early tomorrow morning.

The statement indicates that meteorologists had some uncertainty regarding the timing and amount of freezing rain. People in the area should nonetheless be prepared for light ice accumulation on roadways and walkways.

Any freezing rain that does fall should change to rain by mid-morning tomorrow, as temperatures rise.