Winter Storm Warning issued, heavy snow and treacherous journey anticipated over the weekend

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – The National Weather Service has issued a WINTER STORM WARNING for all of Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio from 7 am Saturday to 7 pm Sunday. First Alert Weather Days are additionally in impact for each Saturday and Sunday, a name we made Tuesday of this week. While the complete area is below the warning, not everybody will see the identical snow quantities!

Let’s dig in.

TIMING

The timeline of this storm system hasn’t modified a lot. I imagine the beginning time window will extra realistically be between midday and a couple of pm Saturday (versus 10 am to midday). System snow is anticipated to finish by dawn Sunday morning, with maybe some extra, spotty lake impact snow accumulations of an inch or two potential Sunday afternoon and night.

If you’re planning on touring regionally Saturday morning, try to be in good condition. Just know Northwest Indiana will seemingly begin seeing snow between 8 am and 10 am, so in case you are headed that approach, be ready to see situations progressively deteriorate the farther west you go.

The heaviest snow—when snowfall charges might attain 1-2″ per hour at occasions—is anticipated to happen between 6 pm and 11 pm. Roads will rapidly grow to be snow lined (in the event that they aren’t already earlier than 6p) and visibility will worsen. The snow is anticipated to loosen up in a single day into Sunday morning and will briefly transition to a little bit of rain/drizzle. By the time that occurs, nonetheless, many of the regular precipitation shall be executed.

AMOUNTS

Snow forecast quantities have solely been adjusted upward barely. The largest change has been to incorporate northern Allen and Wabash counties within the 6-8″+ vary. The 4-6″ vary encompasses most of Van Wert, Wells, and Adams counties. Everywhere else (far southern Wells, Adams, and Van Wert counties, in addition to all of Jay county) continues to be anticipated to see 2-4″.

A snapshot of the latest snow map shall be posted shortly.

And, when you’re , what are the chances of seeing “One Gunther,” or roughly 10″, of snow? Gunther, for many who are unaware, is my Shorkie (Shih tzu/Yorkie combine) who measures about 10″ from paw to snout 🙂

RISKS

Outside of slippery roads and low visibility at times, Sunday evening and night will turn much colder, resulting in any wet spots/slush on the road refreezing. The Monday morning commute will likely be icy.

BEYOND MONDAY

Temperatures will stay cold all week long with highs below freezing and lows in the teens. We may even see some mornings, like midweek, with wind chills below zero. So whatever falls over the weekend will be around for the next week or more!

Stay warm and safe, and try to enjoy the snow if you can 🙂

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