Saturday Snowstorm Delivers Heavy Snow and Hazardous Journey Circumstances

Central Indiana faces difficult journey as a snowstorm arrives Saturday, with important highway impacts anticipated because of falling temperatures and icy situations.

INDIANAPOLIS — TGIF, central Indiana!

We acquired a contemporary blanket of snow throughout the area. The newest system drifted south-southwest Thursday night, lowering totals across the Indy metro to 1-2+ inches earlier than snow wrapped up round 8 a.m.

The official snowfall complete for NWS Indianapolis is 2.1 inches, which brings the month-to-month complete to five.8 inches and the seasonal complete 9.3 inches.

The rest of Friday

There shall be loads of clouds however bettering highway situations with highs close to/above freezing.

By this afternoon and night, no important journey points are anticipated.

Saturday’s snowmaker: Extra widespread & extra impactful

Spherical 2 of snow may have extra enamel to it. It arrives Saturday and shall be extra impactful to roads, and messy journey will linger for much longer after the final snowflakes.

What to anticipate

Begin time: Gentle snow doable between 8–11 a.m. Saturday
Turns into widespread: Noon to early afternoon
Heaviest snowfall: Between 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Whole accumulation:
- Most of central Indiana: 2–4 inches
- Potential 4-6+ inches band: Proper by way of the center of the area, together with the Indianapolis metro

Why this one is worse for journey

Saturday’s snow will fall into steadily dropping temperatures, sinking into the teenagers by afternoon and night. Roads will ice over far more simply, and cleanup shall be slower because of the colder profile of the environment.

Count on difficult journey Saturday afternoon by way of Sunday.

Winter Storm Watches and Warnings are anticipated — keep tuned for updates.

Harmful chilly: Sunday & Monday

Behind Saturday’s snow comes a surge of brutally chilly Arctic air.

Sunday morning situations:

Low temps: Beneath 0°
Wind chills: –25° to –15°
Temperatures all day: Solely single digits — presumably the earliest single-digit highs this early within the season since December 1977

Out of doors publicity needs to be restricted because of the harmful wind chills. College disruptions Monday morning are doable once more — not only for the chilly, but additionally lingering snow-covered roads.