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The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch<\/strong> in effect for late Saturday (1\/4\/2014) and into Sunday (1\/5\/2014):<\/p>\n URGENT – WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE …INCREASING CHANCES FOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA STARTING SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY EVENING…<\/p>\n <\/p>\n .A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE REGION BEGINNING AS EARLY AS SATURDAY EVENING AND PERSISTING THROUGH AT LEAST SUNDAY EVENING.<\/p>\n A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT WITH LIGHT SNOW SPREADING FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. AT THIS TIME…LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS FRONT. GREATER CONCERN LIES WITH LOW PRESSURE THAT WILL DEVELOP AND RAPIDLY DEEPEN AS IT TRACKS FROM ARKANSAS SUNDAY MORNING TO OHIO SUNDAY NIGHT.<\/p>\n SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO POSSIBLY AS MUCH AS 12 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE WATCH AREA. IN ADDITION…GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED STARTING SUNDAY…CAUSING BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THE POTENTIAL FOR NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY AT TIMES.<\/p>\n AS WINDS INCREASE AND COLDER AIR ARRIVES…WIND CHILLS WILL QUICKLY DROP BELOW ZERO LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT WITH VALUES OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO DURING THE WATCH PERIOD. VALUES IN THE 30 TO 45 BELOW ZERO RANGE WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.<\/p>\n THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL THIS WEEKEND SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO ADJUST PLANS ACCORDINGLY.<\/p>\n […] …WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT…<\/p>\n THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTHERN INDIANA HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.<\/p>\n HAZARDOUS WEATHER…<\/p>\n * LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY EVENING. THE SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.<\/p>\n * GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT.<\/p>\n IMPACTS…<\/p>\n * ROADS WILL BE SNOW COVERED…SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL RAPIDLY DETERIORATE…ESPECIALLY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. DRIFTING SNOW MAY CAUSE ALL ROADWAYS TO BECOME PARTIALLY IMPASSABLE FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.<\/p>\n * VISIBILITIES MAY BE REDUCED TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS BOTH IN HEAVIER SNOW SHOWERS AND BLOWING SNOW.<\/p>\n PRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…<\/p>\n A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW…SLEET…OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nNATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
\n1109 AM EST FRI JAN 3 2014<\/p>\nRelated Images:<\/h3>
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