Forecast for Christmas Eve 12.24: UPDATE


Cloudy with a chance of light snow, rain and sleet, mainly in the afternoon.
Afternoon high: 35.



Holiday Outlook: Calm and cloudy for Christmas. A Winter Storm Watch has been issued for Wednesday with around 5-7 inches of snow likely in northeast Indiana. Higher amounts may be possible, along with occasionally gusty winds. Look for updates!



Winter Storm Watch for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 12 PM EST MON DEC 24 2012

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM EARLY WEDNESDAY
MORNING THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH BEGINNING VERY
   EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING...BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES
   ON WEDNESDAY. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE
   POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
   POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25
   MPH EARLY WEDNESDAY...WITH GUSTS TO 30 TO 35 MPH THROUGH
   WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

 * THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS MAY ALSO RESULT
   IN AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...ALONG WITH REDUCED
   VISIBILITIES AT TIMES.

IMPACTS...

 * SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW RESULTING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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