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.

Cold Air To Whip In: Wind Advisory For Tuesday

After about a tenth of inch of ice Sunday night, the rain has moved in and has wiped out much of the snow gains we made last week.

Enjoy the temps in the 40s today (Monday) because it appears it's going to be several days--maybe even weeks--until we see temps that high. Heck, we may not see temps in the 30s for over a week from now.

Snow forecast through Thursday morning.

Temps are beginning their descent as we speak, and Tuesday's high for the Berkshires will be in the mid-teens. With the change in temperature, we will see high winds start to kick up tonight and into Tuesday. We have High Wind Advisory for Tuesday. And with the high winds, we could see lake effect flurries and squalls throughout the day Tuesday and into Wednesday. 

Because there's a lot of standing water due to the rain, icy spots could make for dangerous driving and walking conditions. Especially if we get a quick covering of snow due to a snow squall, hidden icy spots on roads and walkways could be very treacherous. Watch yourself out there!

Winter Weather Advisory -- Ice Alert for Sunday Night (Dec. 28)

Friday night's quick snow blast just about lived up to expectations. At the GSD Home Office in Williamstown, we picked up 3.5" of dry, fluffy powder. Other measurements we've seen throughout Berkshire County are in the 4-6" range with the higher totals in South County.

Today (Saturday) will be cold (mid-20s), but Sunday will warm up above the freezing mark as a rain storm heads our way. Even though we'll be above freezing in the afternoon, enough cold air will be in place at the start of the rain to create freezing rain conditions. Travel on Sunday night will be dicey.

Ice forecast for Sunday night. Conditions looking to be dangerous in Northern New England.

Eventually the freezing rain will give way to plain rain, which will fall most of the day on Monday. It will likely wipe out much of Friday's snow.

In terms of future storms, we are looking at possible winter weather the weekend of Jan. 3-4 and on Wednesday, Jan. 7. The week coming up will generally be cold with highs most days in the low and mid-20s. Lows at night will be mostly in the low teens, but Friday morning we'll see single digits when we wake up.

Watch the ice Sunday night and enjoy a pleasant week off!