Forecast for Sunday Night 01.26

• Winter Weather Advisory...

Scattered snow squalls likely later this evening and overnight. Windy with blowing and drifting snow likely.
Nighttime snow accumulation: around 1 inch.
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.

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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 4:24 PM EST SUN JAN 26 2014

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM MONDAY
WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO NOON WEDNESDAY

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A
WIND CHILL WARNING,  WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM MONDAY TO
NOON WEDNESDAY. THE WIND CHILL WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER...

 * 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.

 * BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM THROUGH
   TUESDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40
   MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL BECOME
   WEST SOUTHWEST MONDAY NIGHT AT 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 25
   MPH THROUGH DAYBREAK TUESDAY. ROADS WILL BE REMAIN SNOW COVERED
   WITH LARGE DRIFTS LIKELY. THIS MAY MAKE SOME ROADS IMPASSABLE
   AT TIMES.

 * A QUICK BURST OF SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE
   EXPECTED TONIGHT AS ANOTHER ARCTIC FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE
   AREA.

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.