Forecast: Continued cold, chance of passing flurries

Conditions will continue to be cold in the nighttime and overnight hours and there may be some passing flurries.

Look for Thursday to again start with bone-chilling wind chills, possibly as low as -10 to -15 degrees. The day will give us generous sunshine that will help each that chill slightly by the afternoon, with highs peaking in the lower- or middle-20s.

A fairly steady northwest wind at 10 to 18 mph, with some gusts near 25 mph, will keep wind chills in the single digits during the afternoon.  

Lake effect snow looks like it’ll impact northwest Indiana overnight tonight and into Thursday morning. A Winter Weather Advisory for LaPorte County, Ind., kicked in at 3 p.m. Wednesday and is set to expire at 6 p.m. Thursday. Areas on the eastern side of Lake Michigan could see between 2 and 7 inches of accumulating snow.

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Current conditions

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Looking ahead

Welcome relief appears to be ahead. Temps slowly climb out of the deep freeze this weekend, finally breaking above freezing by Sunday afternoon, with projected highs in the mid- to upper 30s.

Then, the forecast for early next week calls for temps in the 40s, as we look to enter a trend of above normal temps as we get into the latter part of February.