A Winter Weather Advisory will go into effect starting at noon today. The Advisory is good until 7 PM Wednesday, which means an increased chance for delays for schools.
There is not a lot of moisture with this storm, but because ice might get involved, NWS Albany decided to go with the Advisory.
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It will be the higher elevation spots that have the better chance for a delay tomorrow (northeast mountain elementary schools; Central Berkshire; Adams/Cheshire). With air temps already above freezing today, we will see 1-2" of wet snow this afternoon (Tuesday) and then a period of icing (mainly sleet) before it changes over to all rain on Wednesday.
One reason for the increased chance of a delay: any snow/sleet today will help bring colder air down with it and drop the temperature to freezing or slightly under. For the Wednesday morning commute, temps will be around 30 in most locations in the Berkshires.
If there is any wintry precipitation at all tomorrow morning--even if it is very light--we could see many Superintendents going with a delay tomorrow to compensate for their decision last Tuesday not to cancel school. Conditions were not great in the afternoon that day and Supers do not want to make that mistake twice.
Stay tuned as there's a good chance a few districts will have delays tomorrow.
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