Winter Weather Advisory for Wednesday, Jan. 9

Usually we get all bubbly about an upgrade from nothing to a Winter Weather Advisory, but these WWAs haven't been yielding much fruit lately. So, we are reporting that an Advisory has been posted for Northern Berkshire county only.

Rain is currently falling (6:30 PM) but this piece of the storm will come to an end soon. We will be precipitation free for a few hours while the temperature starts to nose downward. After midnight we could see more rain then sleet then finally all snow. Hopefully, it will be snowing when Superintendents hit that snooze button around 4 or 4:30 AM tomorrow. And if that happens, then we might see delays for several schools, as the snow is forecasted to last throughout the morning.

So you're saying there's a chance.

This winter has featured a decided North County bias so we don't expect any delays or snow days in South County again with this storm. The districts closest to the Vermont border will have the best chances for delays, and we could even see Central Berkshire get into the mix because of its location on the east facing slopes of the Berkshires. Places like Adams and Cheshire and Hancock could see as much as 6 inches when it all comes to an end later in the day.

Our hope tomorrow, which we wrote about earlier today, as that we get those upslope snows going from the storm exiting to the Gulf of Maine. That would simply be good for the soul even if it doesn't yield a snow day or delay.

We do think the chance for delays is higher than today's chance. We also could see a renegade snow day caller-inner tomorrow. We'll run our list as usual early in the AM should we need to report anything noteworthy.