Not as cold. Partly cloudy. Snow likely overnight.
Nighttime snow accumulation: around 1 inch.
Morning low: 10 (wind chill around -5).
Afternoon high: 30 (wind chill around 15).
Outlook: Heavy snow will continue through Sunday evening, with storm totals 5-10" (up to a foot in a few locations possible). Snowdrifts will be higher.
By Monday morning, it will turn drastically colder. The coldest weather in two decades is likely. Sub-zero temperatures are expected to last from Monday morning through Wednesday morning. This combined with brisk winds will cause wind chills to drop to dangerous levels, between -30 and -40 at times.
Winter Storm Watch for Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 11:09 AM EST FRI JAN 3 2014 WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. IMPACTS... * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED, SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE, ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE ALL ROADWAYS TO BECOME PARTIALLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME. * VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS BOTH IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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