Well, that certainly did not go as planned. The expected 8-10 inches of snow was about half of that, as the bulk of the heavy snow fell in the Connecticut River valley and over in southeast Mass and northeast Connecticut.
The big snow band didn't miss us by much, and it really never came down hard enough for the roads to become too treacherous. Some schools did roll the dice and go with the full day--Pittsfield, Lenox, and Lee among a few others--and their decision proved to work out very well...for administrators.
It's hard to fault Superintendents who called the day off--the forecast was terrible and the radar did appear to support periods of heavy snow throughout the day.
And we're not entirely out of the woods just yet. We're seeing wrap-around snow now and the Berkshires could pick up another 2-3 inches tonight. There is concern that the roads might slick up more as the temps drop below freezing. As a result, delays tomorrow morning are possible but not that likely.
At this point we do not see any more storms in our near future. The most noteworthy aspect of the forecast? It will be very cold on Monday with the high around 25 degrees. That's very cold for this time of year.
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