Thursday Storm: Late Evening Report

Hello again, Flake Followers. Sorry for the delay in getting this post out. All sorts of school decisions came in earlier in the evening, and if you checked in on Twitter you know where we stand on that front.

We have not heard from many districts, so you're going to have to set the alarm for tomorrow to find out your fate if your not on the list below. If you are on the Early Release list, there's certainly a chance you'll be upgraded to the full snow day.

Here's the skinny:

The amount of snow looks good: 5-9 inches.
The timing has improved significantly: storm starts between 5 and 7 AM.
The mindset of the Superintendent is unclear: many school heads still seem to reeling from last year's onslaught of snow days and are reluctant this year.
Wildcard factor: blowing and drifting snow; 40 MPH predicted in the afternoons.

Here are the maps. A few are not very inspiring:

Let's hope the earlier NWS-Albany map is "righter" than these. There should be enough snow to warrant many snow days, but we'll know more tomorrow morning. The radar looks like we will get hit hard, but it is a fast-mover.

We'll run a list of cancellations and early releases starting early tomorrow morning. To recap, here's what we have so far:

SNOW DAY:

Berkshire Hills
Richmond Consolidated
Berkshire Country Day
Farmington River
Southern Vermont College
Mohawk Trail

EARLY RELEASE:

Mount Greylock
Williamstown
Lanesborough
Hancock
North Adams
Clarksburg