Finally the snow kicked in around 5:00 pm in North County and we're seeing steady snowfall of at least 1/2" per hour right now (7 pm). There's a massive wall of very strong precipitation over southern Connecticut right now that is headed toward us. That precipitation will lose some of its power as it reaches us, but once it does in a few hours, the snowfall rate will ramp up to 2-3" an hour.
Most indications are that this storm is--predictably--not quite as potent as we thought, and it will end earlier on Saturday. Expect to be able to shovel out by about 8 am tomorrow morning in the Berkshires. If we get about 12" of snow, which is our new estimate, most people should be able to carry on with their normal plans and activities by about noon tomorrow.
A fun game to play is: Would tomorrow be a snow day (if it were midweek)? Now that's a tough call. Given the downgrading of the precip and the earlier end to the storm, the less conservative districts would probably have a delay and the more conservative would have called for a snow day. Another mixed bag for the Berkshires, which seems to be the trend this winter.
We do have half an eye on a little disturbance Sunday night into Monday. We're alert to a possible delay scenario with ice part of the equation. Don't worry--we're on it.
Full report on Diamond/Nemo some time tomorrow.
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