WSWLOT

...POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT LAKE EFFECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER
PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA THIS EVENING THROUGH MIDDAY
TUESDAY...

.A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH COLD
AIR PUSHING SOUTH ACROSS THE WARM WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN.
GUIDANCE INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR A PLUME OF HEAVY SNOW TO
IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST INDIANA. WHILE THE EXACT POSITION IS
STILL IN QUESTION...THERE IS GENERAL AGREEMENT AMONGST MODEL
GUIDANCE THAT PORTER COUNTY WILL BE IN OR NEAR THE AXIS OF
HEAVIEST SNOWFALL. STRONG INSTABILITY WILL RESULT IN LOCALIZED
BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND TWO TO THREE
INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES POSSIBLE IN THE INTENSE BAND.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HIGHER
AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.

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PORTER-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...VALPARAISO
512 AM CST MON NOV 11 2013

...LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON...

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING...WITH THE
HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED OVERNIGHT INTO EARLY TUESDAY. SNOW
SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER AND TRANSITION EAST LATE TUESDAY MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...5 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
POSSIBLE.

* OTHER IMPACTS...BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW MAY LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS. SNOW SQUALLS WITH WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH AND SNOW
RATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES PER HOUR WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW MAY LEAD TO DANGEROUS CONDITIONS ON ROADWAYS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A LAKE EFFECT SNOW WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A LARGE
AMOUNT OF SNOW IN ONLY A FEW HOURS. VISIBILITIES AND DEPTH OF
SNOW CAN VARY GREATLY...IMPACTING TRAVEL SIGNIFICANTLY. CONTINUE
TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

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KREIN

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