Schools are creeping ever closer to the much anticipated December holiday break, and we are still in a very active weather pattern. Unfortunately, no big snow storms are on the horizon so it looks like all of us are going to have to play out the string and endure full days of school until break.
Many schools begin vacation on Friday, but several Grinch-ier districts are making their students slave away until Tuesday the 23rd. Bah humbug.
As for weather news, the warm-up has begun. Temps will shoot into the 50s by Friday and the change in temperature will be accompanied by a good old-fashioned soaker of a rainstorm. Most locations in the Berkshires will see an inch or more of rain. Say bye-bye to the snow base in the valleys!
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| This is the rain forecast from the North American model for Friday. |
Ushering in the warm-up and the rain will be heavy winds. NWS Albany has issued a Wind Advisory for Thursday night and much of the day on Friday. The strongest winds will take place early Friday morning. Power outages may occur as some gusts will top 40 mph in our area.
After the wind and the rain depart, temps will plummet starting late morning on Friday. We will see approximately a 35 degree temperature change in less than 24 hours. Flash freezing of all the rain should lead to isolated slippery spots.
We could see a few flakes this weekend with no accumulation. We are looking more intently at a chance for a few inches of snow on Tuesday. The models are all over the place at the moment, but there is a chance for accumulating snow on Tuesday during the day. We also may get more snow late in the day on Christmas and into the 26th.
Temps will stay below freezing starting Monday so any snow we get Tuesday will stick around and give us folks in the Berkshires a white Christmas.
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