Weekend Storm Uncertainty

There has been a lot of speculation about this weekend's potential snowstorm, but there is very little certainty.

The reason for such meteorological equivocation is a classic showdown between the two major weather models, the European and the North American. The European wants to phase the two storm systems into one more potent one; the North American keeps the storm much farther to our south.

Traditionally we have sided with the European, as have some of our key consultants.

The NWS is going very conservative with the forecast for the weekend storm...so far.

Because there is so much uncertainty, we do not think that this storm is going to pan out and dump a lot of snow on us. We could see 2-4 inches starting late Friday night, but this is a very early and crude attempt to give this storm some kind of identity. As you can see, the NWS is even skeptical about snow for the weekend for our area.

Be aware that we have a Wind Chill Warning in effect for Berkshire County tonight until midday tomorrow. Wind Chill values of -25 degrees are possible in the next 24 hours. If you can swing, just stay indoors.

More about the big Battle of the Models tomorrow.