Tracking 2 Snow Systems and EXTREME COLD

Good evening!  Not a bad way to end 2013!  Most areas saw sunshine today, with slightly warmer temperatures.  The pattern is loaded with accumulating snow tomorrow night, then perhaps a bigger storm coming in on Sunday.  All that will be followed by MAJOR MAJOR cold.  Your jaw will drop when you see how cold it may get early next week.

Snow will arrive across far northern sections of Indiana tonight.  It will basically stall out before gradually taking a turn southeast late tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night.  Everybody will see snow coming down tomorrow night into Thursday morning.  How much snow?  Here is my snowfall potential map...

Once the snow exits, it gets awful cold.  Highs Thursday and Friday will struggle to get out of the teens.  Friday morning should dip into the single digits.  (That is WARM compared to what may come next week)  

When the weekend arrives all eyes will be on another storm that will develop across the area late in the weekend.  This has potential to be a decent winter storm in our area, with even blizzard conditions possible!  All of the major computer models are now showing a storm during this time frame.  Track and strength to be determined in the coming days.  

It is behind that storm that it will likely get INSANELY cold.  This is jaw dropping cold.  Easily the coldest in many years IF...IF the models are correct.  Factors remain such as if there will be a decent snow pack over our region, however I think there is a strong likelihood of that happening at this point.  Posted below is the EURO for 7am Monday.  Notice those TIGHT isobars across the region.  Basically it turns the weekend storm into a powerhouse, and wraps in barbaric cold behind it.  So to sum it up, sub-zero lows at night early next week (-10 to -15) are an increasing possibility, and high temperatures in the single digits.  STAY TUNED!