UPDATED AT 3:15 PM EST MON DEC 30 2013 ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED NEW YEARS EVE THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH OF A WARM FRONT TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 IN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO...AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE INDIANA AND MICHIGAN BORDER. ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK NEW YEARS EVE INTO NEW YEARS DAY. THEN...A MORE POTENT SYSTEM COULD EXIT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY REGION ON THURSDAY. AT PRESENT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF VARIABILITY BETWEEN MODEL SIGNALS WITH RESPECT TO THIS STORMS STRENGTH AND FORWARD SPEED. A SLOWER...MORE DEVELOPED SYSTEM WOULD FAVOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...FAR NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WHILE A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT IS NOT A CERTAINTY AT THIS TIME...HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...SHOULD WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES BECOME NECESSARY. ALSO...TRAVELERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE SCHEDULES AND ROUTES.
UPDATED AT 3:15 PM EST MON DEC 30 2013 ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY A POTENT SYSTEM COULD EXIT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY REGION ON THURSDAY. AT PRESENT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF VARIABILITY BETWEEN MODEL SIGNALS WITH RESPECT TO THIS STORMS STRENGTH AND FORWARD SPEED. A SLOWER...MORE DEVELOPED SYSTEM WOULD FAVOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW AND MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WHILE A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT IS NOT A CERTAINTY AT THIS TIME...HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...SHOULD WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES BECOME NECESSARY. ALSO...TRAVELERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE SCHEDULES AND ROUTES.
UPDATED AT 3:15 PM EST MON DEC 30 2013 ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED NEW YEARS EVE THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH OF A WARM FRONT TUESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30 IN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO...AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE INDIANA AND MICHIGAN BORDER. ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK NEW YEARS EVE INTO NEW YEARS DAY. THEN...A MORE POTENT SYSTEM COULD EXIT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY REGION ON THURSDAY. AT PRESENT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF VARIABILITY BETWEEN MODEL SIGNALS WITH RESPECT TO THIS STORMS STRENGTH AND FORWARD SPEED. A SLOWER...MORE DEVELOPED SYSTEM WOULD FAVOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA...FAR NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WHILE A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT IS NOT A CERTAINTY AT THIS TIME...HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...SHOULD WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES BECOME NECESSARY. ALSO...TRAVELERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE SCHEDULES AND ROUTES.
UPDATED AT 3:15 PM EST MON DEC 30 2013 ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE LATER WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY A POTENT SYSTEM COULD EXIT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY REGION ON THURSDAY. AT PRESENT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF VARIABILITY BETWEEN MODEL SIGNALS WITH RESPECT TO THIS STORMS STRENGTH AND FORWARD SPEED. A SLOWER...MORE DEVELOPED SYSTEM WOULD FAVOR THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF HEAVY SNOW AND MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. WHILE A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT IS NOT A CERTAINTY AT THIS TIME...HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO LATER FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS...SHOULD WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES BECOME NECESSARY. ALSO...TRAVELERS MAY WISH TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE SCHEDULES AND ROUTES.
ISSUED AT 1:15 PM EST SUN DEC 29 2013 FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * TIMING: AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS BY EARLY EVENING. * ICE ACCUMULATIONS: MINOR GLAZING OF ICING EXPECTED. IMPACTS... * SLIPPERY SPOTS MAY DEVELOP ON UNTREATED SURFACES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
ISSUED AT 10:14 AM EST SUN DEC 29 2013 FREEZING DRIZZLE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WERE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP THIS MORNING BEHIND AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN TO SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN. AS THIS ARCTIC COLD FRONT CONTINUES SOUTHEAST, EXPECT TEMPERATURES FALLING BELOW FREEZING THIS AFTERNOON ALONG WITH A 2 TO 3 HOUR PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW SHOWERS OR FLURRIES. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY RESULT IN A THIN GLAZE OF ICE FORMING ON UNTREATED ROADS. THUS MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER SOME SLIPPERY TRAVEL LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
ISSUED AT 11:15 AM EST MON DEC 16 2013
...QUICK BURST OF ACCUMULATING SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A PERIOD OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AFTER 5 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUING INTO MID EVENING. THE MOST INTENSE SNOWFALL MAY ONLY LAST 3 TO 4 HOURS BUT AMOUNTS OF 2 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES APPEAR POSSIBLE. THIS WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE AFTERNOON COMMUTE AS ROADS BECOME SNOW COVERED AND SLICK.
ISSUED AT 3:49 PM EST SAT DEC 7 2013 ...SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS EXPECTED SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO... LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF ROUTE 30 DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OF SUNDAY AND SPREAD NORTH. A BRIEF SHOT OF WARMER AIR WILL ARRIVE SUNDAY NIGHT WILL CAUSE THE LIGHT SNOW TO MIX WITH AND THEN LIKELY CHANGE TO AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING DRIZZLE THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. WITH TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AND COLD SURFACES...MANY ROADS AND BRIDGES COULD BECOME VERY SLIPPERY. THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE SHOULD REMAIN UP TO DATE ON THE EXPECTED CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO ALLOW SOME EXTRA TIME FOR YOUR TRAVELS.
