First things first, we have to get through the snow heading in tonight and tomorrow. A winter weather advisory goes into effect at 7pm and remains until 7pm Thursday. There has already been a few inches laid down in northern Indiana, and eventually everybody will have snow later tonight into tomorrow. The "MAIN" time frame for the snow appears to fall from 3am through about 10am Thursday. Moderate to heavy bursts are possible. Even as the snow exits tomorrow afternoon, temps fall into the teens and very gusty winds up to 30 mph will create lots of blowing and drifting, so travel will be tricky for tomorrow, even if you don't end up with much snow. Here is the total snow accumulation expected by noon tomorrow...
Bitter cold will be with us through Friday. Expect sub-zero wind chills at times. The good news is that sunshine will return during the day Friday!
Saturday *actually* looks rather nice! We will warm up quite nicely for a brief time with strong warm air advection pushing many area thermometers above freezing.
Sunday is the day to watch. The models are coming into better agreement now on a storm for Sunday. All of Indiana has the chance for accumulating snow to end the weekend, and perhaps blizzard conditions. Even though a storm is showing up on all the models, the questions remain on the strength and track. That is key! :) If the stronger/more amplified solutions verify, this puts the surface low pressure near southern Indiana. Remember the heavy snow axis usually sets up about 150 miles north of the low track. If those solutions verify, the main snow axis would be across central and northern Indiana, with more rain and less snow for southern Indiana. If the weaker solutions verify, this means the surface low pressure center would be farther south into Kentucky, which would put the entire state in the risk of accumulating snow, although it would not be as much snow. So bottom line, still way to early to much more specific, just keep in mind accumulating snow and blizzard conditions are possible Sunday and keep checking back for the latest!
It is behind that storm that the arctic winds roar in the coldest stuff
in many years. Highs next Monday and Tuesday will range from below zero to the single digits, with lows of -10 to -25 POSSIBLE by Tuesday morning! We have already braved harsh temperatures this winter but nothing compared to what is coming. Be prepared!!! Temperatures this cold cause tons of issues!! The good news is that it will be rather brief, as highs should return to the teens by Wednesday, and crack freezing by next Friday. Folks I am trying to find some positive news! :) It will be very tough early next week, but hang in there!
Keep it tuned to the blog and Facebook for updates on all the wild weather coming our way.
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