The active wintry weather pattern could trigger some headaches for an upcoming commute.

Parts of Massachusetts could get 1 to 3 inches of snow and some ice from Wednesday night into Thursday morning, according to the National Weather Service’s Boston office.

NWS Boston has issued a “Winter Weather Advisory” for parts of central, eastern, northeastern, and western Massachusetts with some mixed precipitation on the way.

“Plan on slippery road conditions,” NWS Boston warned in its advisory. “The hazardous conditions could impact the Thursday morning commute… Slow down and use caution while traveling.”

The better chance for slippery travel will be northwest of I-95.

In the Boston-area, snow and sleet should change to all rain before daybreak on Thursday for a wet commute.

After drier weather returns for Friday, another weather system should bring more precipitation this weekend. The system will probably start as snow before changing to all rain near the coast, and a wintry mix farther inland.

“It doesn’t look like a big snow producer,” said NWS Boston meteorologist Frank Nocera.

Travel impacts this weekend will be more likely for the interior. The best chance of precipitation will be from sometime Saturday afternoon into Sunday.

“Cold air in place means snow for much of SNE at start Sat afternoon and Sat night, with minor accumulations before coastal areas probably see a change to a mix and eventually rain either late Sat night or Sun morning,” NWS Boston wrote. “Farther inland, change will be slower to occur, if it occurs at all, but best chances of accumulating snow or a mix should be in higher elevations of western/central MA and perhaps northern CT and northwest RI.

“However, if we see a low track end up farther inland, then even these higher elevation areas would see a change to rain as milder air floods in,” NWS Boston added. “Based upon ensemble snow probabilities (which use 10:1 ratio) this favors an Advisory-level event for locations near and north of Mass Pike, perhaps for other areas should we end up with more in way of mixed precipitation.”