HIGH: 23
LOW: 4
* Winter storm warning in effect until noon.
* Bursts of lake-effect snow through the morning, heaviest amounts adjacent to the lake; snow shifts to northwest Indiana in the afternoon.
* North then northwest winds 16 to 26 mph bring blowing and drifting snow.
* Storm totals of 5 to 9 inches of snow; isolated 12- to 14-inch amounts near the lake.
* Blustery, cold at night. A few flurries possible; heavier lake-effect snows in Indiana. Widespread subzero wind chills.
JAN. 8 TEMPERATURES
Normal high/low: 29(degrees)/14(degrees)
Record high: 63(degrees) (1965)
Record low: -11(degrees) (1942)
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