UnitedHealth Group (UNH) CEO Andrew Witty defended the company’s claim denial practices in a leaked video recorded after the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth’s insurance subsidiary. The video has sparked another round of online backlash against the company regarding how it evaluates medical claims.

In advance of this front, southerly winds have increased, delivering periods of moderate to heavy rain. Throughout the afternoon and early evening, be prepared for downpours that could cause localized ponding on roads,

The First Alert Weather Team has scheduled a Yellow Alert for Thursday. This is for locally heavy lake-effect snow and gusty winds. Snow will begin to develop Wednesday night, and become organized through the overnight.

Colder weather will linger through this afternoon under variable cloud cover. That means at times it’ll be mostly sunny. At other times, clouds will prevail. A few sprinkles, light rain showers, and/or snow showers are likely to move through along and north of I-40, so don’t be surprised if you need to briefly use the windshield wipers.

Heavy rain and strong winds are expected in the Tri-State Area on Wednesday, triggering a First Alert Weather Day.

CBS News New York's Tony Sadiku is calling for cloudy skies on Tuesday and a high in the low 50s. Temps are expected to hit the low 60s on Wednesday.

Meteorologist Scott Gagliardi said to expect wind during the afternoon/evening, with gusts 50-60+ mph. Here's his noon forecast.

Gusty winds, Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning, will contribute to our coldest wind chills of the season thus far. Along with these gusty winds, air temperatures will drop below 0°. All of this put together will cause wind chills to drop as low as -25° to -30° early on Thursday.