Partly cloudy with record-setting cold.
Morning low: 1 (wind chill around -15)
Afternoon high: 10, the coldest high temperature for this date is 11 from 1963 (wind chill near -5)
Outlook: Very cold for late-winter standards, with record-breaking cold temperatures likely on Friday. There is the potential for snowfall later this weekend.
Wind Chill Advisory for Adams, Allen, Huntington, Noble, Wells and Whitley counties.
ISSUED AT 2:09 PM EST TUE FEB 25 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WIND CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TO TO NOON WEDNESDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER... * FALLING TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT COMBINED WITH BRISK WEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN WIND CHILLS DROPPING TO 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW OVERNIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. IMPACTS... * WIND CHILLS THIS LOW CAN RESULT IN FROSTBITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN AS LITTLE AS 30 MINUTES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES.
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