Cold start to “MMX.” Saturday morning low was 5 in Lafayette, 6 in the Haute and in Bloomington, and 8 in Indianapolis. Muncie fell to 9 degrees. Wind chills will be below zero or in single digits most of the weekend.
No travel trouble around Central Indiana the rest of the holiday weekend, but up to a foot of snow will fall in the Lake Michigan snow belt. The water temp is warm relative to the cold winds, and so the nasty process has all the frigid fuel it needs.
..ARCTIC AIR WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN PRODUCING AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW. LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE WEEKEND...AND LIKELY INTO NEXT WEEK. THE STRONGEST SNOW BANDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS SHOULD BE IN THE COUNTIES CLOSE TO LAKE MICHIGAN...WHERE OVER A FOOT OF NEW SNOW IS EXPECTED BY LATE SUNDAY... WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EXPECTED FARTHER INLAND. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH IN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-BERRIEN-CASS MI- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND... MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN... NAPPANEE...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN... DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS ...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WARNING IN EFFECT TO 7 PM EST SUNDAY... * TIMING...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY...AND LIKELY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...PERSISTENT HEAVIER SNOW BANDS LIKELY TO PRODUCE 8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW IN 24 HOURS...WITH EVENT TOTALS NR LAKE MICHIGAN THAT MAY EXCEED 1 FOOT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. * OTHER IMPACTS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIEST SNOW BANDS. * WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO NEAR ZERO DEGREES.
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