Here’s an update on the snow event expected this week:

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
315 PM EST MON DEC 30 2013

INZ003>009-012-014-016>018-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-
310800-
LA PORTE-ST. JOSEPH IN-ELKHART-LAGRANGE-STEUBEN-NOBLE-DE KALB-
STARKE-MARSHALL-KOSCIUSKO-WHITLEY-ALLEN IN-BERRIEN-CASS MI-
ST. JOSEPH MI-BRANCH-HILLSDALE-WILLIAMS-FULTON OH-DEFIANCE-HENRY-
PAULDING-PUTNAM-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MICHIGAN CITY...LA PORTE...SOUTH BEND...
MISHAWAKA...NEW CARLISLE...WALKERTON...ELKHART...GOSHEN...
NAPPANEE...LAGRANGE...TOPEKA...SHIPSHEWANA...ANGOLA...FREMONT...
KENDALLVILLE...LIGONIER...ALBION...AUBURN...GARRETT...KNOX...
NORTH JUDSON...BASS LAKE...PLYMOUTH...BREMEN...CULVER...WARSAW...
WINONA LAKE...SYRACUSE...MENTONE...COLUMBIA CITY...TRI-LAKES...
SOUTH WHITLEY...FORT WAYNE...NEW HAVEN...NILES...BENTON HARBOR...
ST. JOSEPH...BUCHANAN...DOWAGIAC...CASSOPOLIS...MARCELLUS...
STURGIS...THREE RIVERS...WHITE PIGEON...MENDON...COLDWATER...
BRONSON...HILLSDALE...LITCHFIELD...JONESVILLE...BRYAN...
MONTPELIER...WAUSEON...ARCHBOLD...FAYETTE...SWANTON...DEFIANCE...
SHERWOOD...HICKSVILLE...NAPOLEON...DESHLER...LIBERTY CENTER...
PAULDING...ANTWERP...MELROSE...OTTAWA...PANDORA...KALIDA...
FORT JENNINGS
315 PM EST MON DEC 30 2013 /215 PM CST MON DEC 30 2013/

...ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED NEW YEARS EVE THROUGH THURSDAY...

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP NORTH OF A WARM FRONT TUESDAY EVENING
AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY ALONG AND NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 30 IN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO...AND SOUTHWEST LOWER
MICHIGAN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES APPEAR
POSSIBLE...WITH LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE INDIANA
AND MICHIGAN BORDER. ROADS WILL LIKELY BECOME SNOW COVERED AND
SLICK NEW YEARS EVE INTO NEW YEARS DAY.

THEN...A MORE POTENT SYSTEM COULD EXIT THE SOUTHERN PLAINS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY REGION ON
THURSDAY. AT PRESENT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT DEGREE OF VARIABILITY
BETWEEN MODEL SIGNALS WITH RESPECT TO THIS STORMS STRENGTH AND
FORWARD SPEED. A SLOWER...MORE DEVELOPED SYSTEM WOULD FAVOR THE
POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS
NORTHERN INDIANA...FAR NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY.

WHILE A SIGNIFICANT SNOW EVENT IS NOT A CERTAINTY AT THIS
TIME...HOLIDAY TRAVELERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO LATER FORECASTS
AND STATEMENTS...SHOULD WINTER STORM WATCHES...WARNINGS OR
ADVISORIES BECOME NECESSARY. ALSO...TRAVELERS MAY WISH TO
CONSIDER ALTERNATE SCHEDULES AND ROUTES.