Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Delays for Friday?

What we have here is a bona fide wintery situation for Friday morning.

With our ear to the weather ground, we've picked up some rumblings about a possible icy scenario for the Friday morning commute. This is no joke. Students especially in North Berkshire County could kick off their vacation in style with an abbreviated day on Friday.

We're sure you'll be hearing much more about this storm tomorrow and tomorrow night on the local news programs, and we will not be surprised to see a Winter Weather Advisory for locales north of Pittsfield posted in the afternoon tomorrow.

The gist of this possible mess for Friday's commute is cold air to the north seeping down into the Berkshires. A warmer, wet front moves in from the south. Cold air likes to stay low; warm air (with moisture) likes to move up. Warm air/moisture over cold air equals ice. Ba-da-bing!

One model has some areas receiving half an inch of ice. While that amount is likely reserved for the Adirondacks, we still could see a quarter of an inch in the Northern Berkshires. Ice is always very tricky to predict, but most models are indicating that some combination of sleet and freezing rain will hit our area in the overnight hours on Thursday into Friday.

Spread the word on this storm--you don't want your Superintendent to fall asleep at the wheel on this one.

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