Quick-hitting heavy snow squalls; white-out conditions overnight. Windy with blowing and drifting snow likely.
Nighttime snow accumulation: 1-2 inches.
Overnight low: 5 (wind chill near -15).
Outlook: WIND CHILL WARNING 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 -40. The most extreme cold is expected Monday night into Tuesday.
Special Weather Statement for northern Indiana:
9:43 PM EST SUN JAN 26 201 BRIEF PERIODS OF NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS EVENING AND INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE QUARTER MILE FOR BETWEEN ONE AND THREE HOURS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE FOR A FEW HOURS. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END QUICKLY OVERNIGHT AND THE WIND WILL THEN BE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH TOWARD DAYBREAK. THIS COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND VERY STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FOR BRIEF PERIODS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AND OPEN AREAS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING OVERNIGHT...SLOW DOWN AND USE EXTREME CAUTION. TEMPERATURES WILL ALSO FALL RAPIDLY OVERNIGHT AND WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 BELOW BY DAYBREAK.
For Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties:
- Winter Weather Advisory for snow and blowing snow
- WIND CHILL WARNING
POSTED AT 9:34 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY... ...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO NOON WEDNESDAY... HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR A BRIEF PERIOD OVERNIGHT AS A QUICK BURST OF SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH MOVES THROUGH BETWEEN 10 PM EST AND 3 AM EST. * VISIBILITIES WILL DROP TO BETWEEN ONE HALF MILE AND ONE QUARTER MILE FOR BETWEEN ONE AND THREE HOURS OVERNIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS SAME PERIOD. 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 ARE EXPECTED TO PLUMMET OVERNIGHT...FALLING TO BETWEEN 15 AND 20 BELOW ZERO BY DAYBREAK...THEN TO BETWEEN 20 AND 25 BELOW ZERO BY NOON. WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TO FALL IN THE AFTERNOON TO AROUND 30 BELOW BY MONDAY 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.
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