Snow Returns on Wednesday, Dec. 10

The week has started with a cold but relatively wind-less day so the real feel on this Monday isn't so bad.

Temps will fall throughout the night and we will flirt with our coldest thermometer reading of the winter when we wake up on Tuesday.

We do have snow in the forecast. While last week's storm was the preferred coastal storm, this week's storm is an Alberta clipper, which typically produces less snow, and that is absolutely the case this week.

Courtesy of NWS Albany.

We'll actually see two systems cruise on through. One will pass more to our north and give us a coating or 1/2" in the overnight hours on Tuesday. The second system will travel in a more southerly direction and give us more snow. Right now the models are showing 1-3" for the County with higher elevation locations getting more snow. We may even see the snow change to mixed precipitation and then rain especially in Southern Berkshire County.

Because of the midday timing of the bulk of the snow, we do not have any confidence in snow days or early releases for Wednesday. We may see a Winter Weather Advisory pop up on Tuesday, but a Winter Storm Watch is almost assuredly out of the question. After school activities may be cancelled on Wednesday, but those decisions will be scattered throughout the region.

The snow and rain ends late Wednesday night, and we will see periodic snow showers on Thursday as the temperatures return to the mid 20s to end the week.

Perhaps the forecast for snow totals will come up throughout the day tomorrow, but don't get your hopes up for any school-shortening decisions by Superintendents this week.

The North American model favors higher snow totals for Wednesday. The Euro is only showing 2.0 inches.