The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch from Thursday evening into Saturday morning.

The NWS says blizzard conditions are possible with a wintry mix Thursday changing over to snow Thursday night. Snow will be moderate to heavy at times late Thursday night through Friday.

For parts of northern Indiana snow will transition to lake effect snow through Saturday. Snow amounts will be quite varied, exceeding eight inches near Lake Michigan to a few inches in northwest Ohio.

West winds could gust as high as 55 mph, and will cause significant blowing and drifting snow.

Travel could be very difficult with areas of blowing snow that could significantly reduce visibility. Gusty winds could reach as high as 50 mph and bring wind chills as low as 30 below zero that could cause frostbite on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.

Dangerous cold is expected Thursday night into Sunday. Low temperatures will be in the single digits above and below zero. High temperatures will be in the single digits and teens. Wind chill values could fall to around 20 to 30 below zero at times. The lowest wind chills will be Friday into Saturday.

Additional snow accumulations are expected near Lake Michigan through Sunday in west-northwest wind favored snow belts.

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