ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Seasonably cold air remains over the Rochester area for the next 48 hours. A high-pressure system anchored over the Saint Lawrence Valley will ensure that our weather will be uneventful through Friday. Then the warm-up begins for the weekend. And with this mild air, there will be an increasing chance of rain showers for later Saturday into Sunday. It could turn out to be a steady rain by the end of the weekend and that should thoroughly wash away the remaining salt and ice for the end of 2024. But fear not! An early indication in our News 10NBC weather models shows that winter weather will return later during the end of the first week of January.