Forecast for Monday 01.27

• WIND CHILL WARNING...

  
Partly cloudy. Windy and very cold, with blowing snow in some areas. Chance for snow.
Morning temperatures: around 5 (wind chill near -15).
Afternoon temperatures: around 0 (wind chill near -25).


Outlook: Extreme cold is expected to continue, and it will rival the intensity of the cold experienced earlier this month. Temperatures will remain subzero through Wednesday morning; record-breaking low temperatures are likely. Dangerously cold wind chills are also expected, ranging from -20 to -35. The most extreme cold is expected Tuesday.

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For Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties:

• Winter Weather Advisory for snow and blowing snow
• WIND CHILL WARNING

ISSUED AT 2:09 AM EST MON JAN 27 2014
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM THIS MORNING
WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO NOON WEDNESDAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL
   CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EARLY THIS
   MORNING. OCCASIONAL SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE,   ESPECIALLY
   NORTH OF ROUTE 6. VISIBILITIES AT TIMES MAY FALL TO A QUARTER
   MILE DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL KEEP ROADS SNOW COVERED AND
   HAZARDOUS AND MAY MAKE SOME SECONDARY ROADS IMPASSABLE AT
   TIMES. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR IN RURAL,  OPEN
   AREAS WHERE THE SNOW ON THE GROUND WILL AID IN REDUCING
   VISIBILITIES.

 * WIND CHILLS WILL PLUMMET OVERNIGHT,  FALLING TO BETWEEN 15 AND
   25 BELOW ZERO BY DAYBREAK AND TO AROUND 30 BELOW BY THIS EVENING.
   WIND CHILLS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING WILL BE BETWEEN
   30 BELOW AND 40 BELOW ZERO. DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS ARE
   EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY.

IMPACTS...

 * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
   WHICH CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF
   MINUTES. HYPOTHERMIA OR EVEN DEATH IS POSSIBLE WITH PROLONGED
   EXPOSURE OR THOSE NOT DRESSED FOR THE COLD.

 * TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS THROUGH MONDAY DUE TO SNOW...BLOWING
   SNOW,  DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. NEAR WHITE OUT
   CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. USE
CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING,   ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SOME
ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW.