NEW: Weather Service Calls for 80% Chance of Rain, Not Snow, Thursday

NEW: Weather Service Calls for 80% Chance of Rain, Not Snow, Thursday

The chance of the first snowstorm of the season taking place on Thursday night appears to be all but gone.

According to the National Weather Service, there is an 80% chance of rain on Thursday starting after 4 p.m. in the afternoon and ending before 2 a.m. on Friday. 

Along with the rain, the Weather Service does warn that winds could gust as high as 26 mph during the day.

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As for Friday, the Weather Service reports that it will be mostly sunny with a high of 40 degrees.

Snow Previously Reported

Earlier this week, AccuWeather reported that there was a chance of snow in Rhode Island and southern New England starting on Thursday night.

"Residents throughout the Northeast, from Pittsburgh to Buffalo, New York, Boston and Bangor, Maine, will want to keep a close eye on this system for the potential for slippery, slushy roads and significant travel delays Thursday night and Friday," said Tom Kines, AccuWeather senior meteorologist.

AccuWeather reported that the storm will first hit southern Plains late on Wednesday before moving through the Ohio and Tennessee Valley area on Wednesday night into Thursday.

As the rain continues to push into colder air in the north and east, it will change over to snow in portions of the western Ohio Valley, northern mid-Atlantic and New England.

"The precipitation will start as rain for most as it moves through the Ohio Valley into portions of the mid-Atlantic Thursday afternoon. On Thursday night, more areas on the northern and western side of the storm will see rain change over to snow as colder air is brought into the storm,” said Brett Anderson, AccuWeather senior meteorologist.