Snow Will Arrive After Midnight

It's easy to get excited about this midweek storm, but we at GSD are in operation to give you the best hype-free information that we can. Let's look at the facts of this storm to determine if it will yield a delay or snow day.

1. Not a lot of moisture. Only 2-4" with 4" in South County and 2 or 3" in North County.
2. Good timing but not great. Light snow starts around 3 or 4 am; the heaviest snow will fall around 10 am. Might as well keep the kiddoes in school and off the streets!
3. In the middle of a winter with moderate or heavy snow, we wouldn't be spending time getting too excited about this storm.
4. The warm roads could create a period of melting before it starts to stick. When we're only talking 3 or 4 inches, we need the first flakes to stick to the roads right away.
5. The Weather Channel has named this storm Helen. We're holding off with our name (Storm Coco) as the NWS will likely not even issue a Winter Weather Advisory for this storm.
6. A day off is looming right around the corner (MLK Jr Day). Superintendents might be reluctant to give in on this minor storm, especially if a serious diesel fuel-gelling freeze could be in the cards for next week (preventing buses from working properly, as we experienced in early 2011). More to come on this issue next week.

Courtesy of Channel 13.

How's that for a cold, wet blanket? We're definitely not ruling a delay or snow day out of the question, but we think it just won't snow hard enough soon enough to merit a full day off. It will be snowing during the morning commute, but nothing that hearty New Englanders can't handle.

Do check in later on--we'll have an update tonight. Parts of this storm are potent and could affect our area in a deeper fashion if the storm tracks more to the north. We'll let you know if that scenario develops!