Snowy Wednesday But Schools Will Be Open

We had hoped for snow totals to get juiced for Wednesday in order to bring school cancellations into play, but that does not seem to be the case for this Alberta clipper that will whip through our area tomorrow (Wednesday).

Snow total predictions are in the 1-3 range for Berkshire County. Higher elevation towns in the northeast slopes of the Berkshires will receive the most snow. Valley areas and southern Berkshire will receive just over an inch. Areas directly to our north have Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Warnings (Adirondacks), so we are just on the edge of a significant snow storm.

Boston NWS favors higher snow totals for Northern Berkshire. We shall see.

Because the snow totals are relatively low, road crews should be able to keep up with the snow, and that means busses should not have any trouble making their routes on Wednesday afternoon. As we mentioned over the weekend, a few cautious school leaders might cancel after school activities but even those cancellations will be few and far between.

This is the short-range model called the NAM. It typically runs high so half of this prediction would seem about right.

The snow should end in the late afternoon or early evening and then it's going to get blustery. Winds in the 20-30 mph range are expected on Thursday, and we could see an additional inch of snow as upslope snows kick in from the departing storm. Some valley areas could get as much snow Thursday afternoon and evening as they do on Wednesday.

Image from Ken Mahan, Boston Globe.

Fortunately for us, the unsettled pattern continues. We are eyeing more snow on Sunday and perhaps a bigger storm for the middle of next week. It's all very tenuous right now, but another snow day before the holiday break would be delightful.