Alberta Clipper Will Blanket the Berkshires

As expected, the wind storm was intense enough to have caused delays and cancellations for today. The damage across the region was fairly severe, and over 5000 homes in the county were without power at the storm's peak yesterday. Wind gusts in the 60s and approaching 70 mph were reported throughout the County. That's an unusually severe windstorm, not only at this time of year but any time of year.

We have a much less dangerous storm to deal with on Wednesday night. It's a good old-fashioned and harmless Alberta Clipper that will hustle through our area tomorrow night. Because the air is so cold, snow-to-liquid ratios are expected to be very high with this one, so it will generate 3-5 inches of fluffy white goodness despite the relatively low amount of liquid associated with this storm.

Image courtesy of NWS Albany.

Given the light density and the relative early end to the snow--3 AM Thursday by our accounts--we probably will only see delays on Thursday. This one should be standard fare for road crews, and this late in the season they are in their groove, so we don't expect widespread delays at this point in the run-up.

We are holding out hope the storm slows down just enough to make the morning commute more complicated and to add to the growing number of delay days this winter, which seems to be approaching historic numbers.