Partly cloudy. A 30 percent chance of rain...freezing rain and snow after midnight. Lows in the mid 20s. Temperature steady or slowly rising after midnight. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Monday
Rain showers in the morning...then snow and rain in the afternoon. Snow accumulation up to 1 inch. Highs in the upper 30s. South winds 10 to 15 mph shifting to the southwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.
Monday Night
Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Windy. Lows around 30. West winds 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight.
Tuesday
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Highs in the mid 30s. Northwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of snow showers. Lows in the mid 20s.
Wednesday through Saturday
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 30s. Lows in the mid 20s.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 8:02 am EST on November 23, 2008
... Public information statement...
A significant lake effect snow event impacted portions of southwest lower Michigan and Northwest Indiana Thursday into Friday morning. This occurred as cold northwesterly winds crossed relatively warmer Lake Michigan waters creating very unstable conditions. The heaviest snow occurred Thursday night into Friday morning as a single band with snowfall rates in excess of 1 inch per hour set up from Berrien County southeast into La Porte... Saint Joseph (in)... Starke... Marshall... and Fulton (in) counties.
Preliminary snowfall amounts from November 20/21...
Location snowfall comments in/S/
1 N Benton Harbor mi 13.5 11/21/08 0921 am 6 ENE Walkerton in 12.0 11/21/08 0700 am 2 SSE Stevensville mi 11.0 11/21/08 0700 am South Bend Airport 10.2 11/21/08 0100 PM 5 NNW Dowagiac mi 10.0 11/21/08 0900 am 4 SW Knox in 10.0 11/21/08 0800 am St. Joseph mi 9.3 11/21/08 0744 am 2 NE South Bend in 9.2 11/21/08 0830 am Niles mi 8.9 11/21/08 0515 PM Buchanan mi 8.5 11/21/08 0845 am 1 S Knox in 8.0 11/21/08 0800 am South Bend in 7.0 11/21/08 0744 am La Porte in 6.8 11/21/08 0756 am 2 SW La Porte in 6.8 11/21/08 0700 am 5 ENE Kingsbury in 6.2 11/21/08 0747 am Mishawaka in 5.8 11/21/08 0233 am 4 ESE Wanatah in 5.5 11/21/08 0800 am rolling prarie in 5.1 11/21/08 0103 PM Rochester in 5.0 11/21/08 0647 am 6 ESE North Judson in 5.0 11/21/08 0800 am Plymouth in 3.5 11/21/08 0302 am Akron in 3.0 11/21/08 0728 am 3 S Elkhart in 3.0 11/21/08 0700 am 1 S Simonton Lake in 3.0 11/20/08 1055 PM 1 NE Warsaw in 2.0 11/21/08 0600 am 4 E Leesburg in 1.9 11/21/08 0615 am 3 se Warsaw in 1.6 11/20/08 1016 PM ft Wayne Airport 0.7 11/21/08 0700 am