Major Winter Storm Setting Up for Tuesday

Heads up to everybody both in Fort Wayne and Toledo: a big, big storm is coming. A major snowstorm is developing is developing in the Colorado Rockies and will quickly move eastward through the middle of the week. It will remain very cold in this area which will keep the precipitation all snow...lots of snow.

The heaviest snow will likely fall in a narrow band...but that band is currently forecast to develop on a line from Fort Wayne to Toledo. The National Weather Service office in Northern Indiana is currently predicting 12-16" of snow to fall in this area, along with sustained winds of 35+ mph. Those conditions would likely lead to major whiteout conditions and basically every other thing consistent with the definition of blizzard.

Now there is a lot that can change between now and Tuesday. A slight shift in forecast track will mean a big difference in both snowfall amount and wind speed. Hopefully the forecast track will shift south and spare this area of the heavy snow or any mixed precipitation that could result from a northern shift. I'll update this as things change.