Winter Weather Advisory for North County-- New Year's Eve

Happy New Year, all ye flake followers!

2026 is going to start with snow, quite literally. It should be snowing throughout Berkshire County when the clock strikes midnight this evening. An Alberta clipper will be making its way through our region. Forecast totals have risen due to the last few runs of the models, and we are expecting 2-5" this evening and tomorrow morning.

North County has a Winter Weather Advisory that will go into effect at 7 PM. With the lake effect snows and clipper and more upslope snows, many areas will see 2+" of snow by the morning. Revelers this evening now have an additional reason to sleep over or get a safe driver if they are planning on being out late.

NWS Albany

After the snow subsides Thursday morning, it will remain very chilly and windy. Highs will be in the low 20s for the rest of the weekend. And a few flurries are possible in the next four days but no storms.

As we look into our meteorological crystal ball, we're not seeing any clearly defined storms for the next 10 days. The models are all over the place. A few minor disturbances will give us an inch or two here and there, but at the nonce the GSD Staff is predicting a full week of school upon the return for most students on the 5th.