Bitter cold forecast for Van Wert County

DAVE MOSIER/independent editor

A little snow and a lot more cold temperatures are apparently in store for Van Wert County and northwest Ohio, according to the National Weather Service and County Emergency Management Director Rick McCoy.

Although not expected to reach the near-record lows of early January, the frigid temperatures are also expected to hang around longer.

An artic air mass hit the county last night, causing temperatures to drop drastically, from a high of 34 to a low of 7 Monday night, with wind-chills making it feel like it was 7 below zero.

Today’s temperatures will barely hit double-digits, with a nigh of 12 forecast for Tuesday, along with some snow showers and windy weather conditions, resulting in daytime wind-chills of minus 8 degrees, according to McCoy and the NWS.

Tonight’s temperatures will then plummet, hitting lows of minus 6 degrees, with wind-chills making that seem as if it were 15 degrees below zero.

Wednesday’s temps are expected to reach a high of 14, with snow and wind, making temperatures feel as if they were 15 to 18 degrees below zero.

Lows on Wednesday are expected to be approximately 5 degrees, although the wind is expected to drop down a bit, resulting in wind chills of minus-10 degrees.

Thursday will see a high of 12, with daytime wind chills of 5 below zero, while Thursday night low will be minus-5 degrees, with a wind-chill again of 15 below zero.

Friday’s high is forecast for 18 degrees, with a wind-chill of 5 below zero, with snow and winds again expected, while Friday night’s low is expected to be 13, with a wind-chill of minus-10 degrees.

Temperatures are expected to rise a bit on Saturday, to 28 degrees, although windy conditions will make the wind-chill 5 above zero. Saturday night’s low is predicted to be 11 degrees, with a wind-chill of minus-5 degrees.

Sunday’s high will be 18, with a wind-chill right at zero, with a low of 7 Sunday night, McCoy noted, while adding that Monday should see a high somewhere around 14, with a low of 1 below zero.