Delays or Snow Days Possible For Tuesday

It's go time. We have our first school day-affecting snow situation coming our way on Tuesday. The models are coming into agreement, and it's looking a lot like yesterday's storm, except the heavier snow will be to our north.

A low pressure system will track across the Great Lakes region and then pick up strength on the coast. Because the coastal formation will be more northerly (compared to Saturday's storm), we'll see higher snow totals in Northern Berkshire County and South County will be at the low end.

Right now the timing of this storm looks really good. Snow should break out after midnight, and it all goes well, we'll have a few inches on the ground as Superintendents wake up and have to make a call to hold school or not. We should see the announcement of a Winter Weather Advisory later tonight or even tomorrow morning.

The big question will be the amount of snow. Is three inches enough to cancel school? Will the forecast for continued snow throughout the day spook Superintendents enough to cause them to cancel school? Are Superintendents still reeling from all of the snow days they had to call in last year, thus they will be reluctant if conditions just aren't that bad on Tuesday morning? These are the big questions we'll ponder over the next 36 hours.

This map predicts 3-6" for Berkshire County, south to north.

We do like the way this storm is trending. We need to see the Winter Weather Advisory first before we can get too excited, but the cold air is in place, the timing is great, and there should be enough moisture to force at least widespread delays.