Chance for snow this afternoon; scattered snow squalls likely by evening and overnight. Windy tonight with blowing and drifting snow likely.
Additional evening snow accumulation: around 1 inch.
Afternoon high: 27.
Outlook: Wind Chill Watch Monday through Wednesday...
An outbreak of extreme cold is expected during the first half of the week, and it will rival the intensity of the cold experienced earlier this month. Temperatures will be subzero from Monday night 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 Monday night into Tuesday.
For Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties:
- Winter Weather Advisory for snow and blowing snow
- Wind Chill Watch
UPDATED AT 6:55 AM EST SUN JAN 26 2014
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY WIND CHILL WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BECOME SIGNIFICANT THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AS WINDS INCREASE. * WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET TONIGHT, FALLING TO NEAR 25 BELOW ZERO BY MONDAY MORNING, AND TO AROUND 35 BELOW BY TUESDAY MORNING, WITH DANGEROUSLY COLD CONDITIONS CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY. IMPACTS... * TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS INTO MONDAY MORNING DUE TO SNOW, AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WHICH CAN LEAD TO FROSTBITE OF EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING. SOME ROADS IN OPEN AREAS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO DEEP SNOW DRIFTS. A WIND CHILL WATCH MEANS THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.
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