A blast of arctic cold has expected to set a record low at or near 8 degrees in South Bend, early Wednesday morning, Nov. 13. The wind chill is expected to drop to sub-zero single digits during that time, as well.
The frigid air mass produced heavy lake effect snow along Lake Michigan, dumping heavy snow on parts of northern Indiana and southwest Michigan.
Among the highest snowfall total as of Tuesday morning was 10.6 inches near the city of Goshen.
WOW! ❄️❄️ 18″ of snow measured in Dunlap/Elkhart area that was under that heavy snow squall!
Snowfall totals:
Elkhart 12″
Goshen 10″
Edwardsburg 9″
Cassopolis 8″
South Bend 6.5″
Stevensville 4.75″@ABC57News @NWSIWX | #inwx #miwx #lakeeffectsnow @ABC pic.twitter.com/NRb6wXMZfw— Emily Kennedy (@EmilyKennedyWX) November 12, 2019
Temperatures gradually warm and clouds break by the weekend. Highs struggle to reach 30 Wednesday and 40 will be tough to break until the end of the weekend. There could be a few flurries Wednesday night otherwise the forecast is fair through the weekend.
Your ABC 57 First Warning Neighborhood Weather Center Forecast
Wednesday: Mostly to partly cloudy. High of 28.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy. High of 34.
Friday: Mostly sunny. High of 34.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
