Winter Storm Watch (Still) For South County

Portions of eastern Mass will tack on another 12" to their growing March snow total, but it looks like most of Berkshire County will be spared a direct hit.

Forecasters are expecting a very clear cut-off line for significant snow totals and insignificant snow totals. Right now that cut-off line looks to be Great Barrington. We could see 6-8 inches along the Connecticut border and only 1-2" north of Pittsfield. But some weather experts have noted that the model runs are still showing significant variance, so that snow line could move in either direction very easily.

Eh. We've seen better. (Thanks, Channel 6, Albany, for the map.)

So, when is it going to start snowing? Because we really don't know how much snow we're going to get, it's hard to say. We think the first flakes will fall in South County between 9 AM and noon. It's certainly possible, though, that this time window is off by 90 minutes (earlier).

Southern Berkshire, Berkshire Hills, Farmington River and Richmond all have an outside chance for early releases tomorrow. The rest of Berkshire County schools have a chance for delays on Thursday, with better chances south than north.

We'll keep you abreast of any big changes to the storm track as more information rolls in throughout the afternoon.

Despite what the calendar says, it's still winter. Deal with it.