From the Facebook page of the northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service:
A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect northwest Indiana and southwest lower Michigan until 7pm EST tonight. Quick bursts of 1 to 2 inches of snow will fall within heaviest lake-effect bands. Outside of the advisory area, snow totals will be less than one inch north of US 6 and flurries south. Travel may become treacherous along area roads today. Please be cautious while driving. Stay tuned for the latest forecast updates on our website at www.weather.gov/iwx.
Michael Lewis, warning coordination meteorologist at the northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service (NWS) informed me today that a location has been set for SKYWARN storm spotter training in Fort Wayne Feb. 17.
The training will take place in the auditorium of the Public Safety Academy: Ivy Tech South Campus, 7602 Patriot Crossing, Fort Wayne. It begins at 7 p.m. ET.
The NWS strongly urges all persons who plan to attend the training session to pre-register. Persons may do so online by following this link or via telephone by calling 260-449-4663 or 574-834-1104, extension 726.
The NWS also encourages participants to complete online training before attending the live training session. Persons may access the online training by following this link.
The northern Indiana National Weather Service office has announced that registration is now open for 2015 training sessions for people who want to become volunteer SKYWARN storm spotters for the agency and for previously trained spotters who wish to update their training.
…AREAS OF DENSE FOG LINGERING IN SOME LOCATIONS… LIGHT WINDS AND A LOW SUN ANGLE WERE ALLOWING DENSE FOG TO PERSIST IN SOME LOCATIONS WITH VISIBILITIES STILL AROUND ONE QUARTER MILE. CONDITIONS SHOULD SLOWLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AS THE SUN RISES HIGHER AND HELPS BURN OFF THE FOG. BE CAREFUL WHILE DRIVING AND BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN REDUCTIONS IN View the full statement on the NWS website.
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY THROUGH MID MORNING… .CLEAR SKIES…LIGHT WINDS AND MOIST GROUND CONDITIONS HAVE ALLOWED A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR DENSE FOG ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN INDIANA…FAR SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. MOTORISTS MAY ENCOUNTER HIGHLY VARIABLE VISIBILITIES DROPPING TO BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. View the full statement on the NWS website.
…AREAS OF FOG EARLY THIS MORNING… AREAS OF FOG WILL PERSIST THROUGH 10 AM EDT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN INDIANA…SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. PATCHY DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS RURAL AREAS WHERE LOCALIZED VISIBILITIES OF ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR LESS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING EARLY THIS View the full statement on the NWS website.
The northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service announced today that it will issue no more frost or freeze warnings for its 37-county warning area until spring of 2015.
In a “public information statement,” the office indicated that the growing season has effectively ended across northern Indiana, southwestern Lower Michigan and northwestern Ohio, thanks to the combination of a lower sun angle and temperatures dropping to around freezing Sunday morning.
…FROST AND FREEZING CONDITIONS THROUGH SUNRISE… .CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK SOUTH ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWESTERN OHIO. LOWS WILL BOTTOM OUT FROM 29 TO 32 DEGREES IN MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA WITH SLIGHTLY WARMER TEMPERATURES ACROSS WESTERN INDIANA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR WIDESPREAD FROST TO FORM…ESPECIALLY IN FAVORABLE View the full statement on the NWS website.
…FROST AND FREEZING CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT… .CLOUDY SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT AND WINDS DIMINISH ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO DROP INTO THE LOWER 30S ACROSS THE REGION. IT WILL BE THE COLDEST ALONG AND EAST OF A CASSOPOLIS TO WARSAW TO MARION LINE…WHERE LOW TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY PLUMMET INTO THE UPPER 20S TO AROUND 30. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR View the full statement on the NWS website.
The northern Indiana office of the National Weather Service