FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) – After temperatures in the 60s and 70s Sunday, Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio are in for a dramatic shift Monday as a cold front sweeps through the region, bringing rapidly falling temperatures and scattered snow showers.
Temperatures will plummet throughout Monday, dropping from a high of 61 degrees (just past midnight) to just 31 degrees by noon and falling to 27 degrees by 5 p.m. The rapid temperature fall will be accompanied by scattered snow showers, with most areas receiving up to an inch of accumulation. However, residents in Kosciusko, Whitley, Noble, LaGrange, Steuben, and DeKalb counties could see just a bit more, with 1 to 2 inches possible in those areas.
Wind gusts will range from 35 to 45 mph throughout the day — less severe than the 50 to 60 mph gusts experienced Sunday, but still strong enough to create bitter wind chills. Wind chills are expected to dip into the teens for most of the day, making it feel significantly colder than the actual temperature.
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