Currently, we are under two different alerts for Berkshire County. One is a Winter Weather Advisory, which is slated to last through Sunday morning. This Advisory is due to the dangerously low temperatures as well as the blowing and drifting of the close to 8 inches that fell in most of Berkshire County.
The other is a Wind Chill Advisory that will then turn over to the more severe Wind Chill Warning. The Warning will kick in at 1 AM tonight and last through Saturday evening. The Warning calls for dangerously low Wind Chills, perhaps getting to as low as -35. The NWS is quick to tell us that frostbite can kick in in these unusually cold temperatures in 10 minutes.
Because of the dangerously cold conditions tomorrow morning, the GSD Staff thinks that several schools will do what they can to prevent students from having to wait at bus stops. These preventative measures could come in the form of delays and/or full snow days. While it won't be quite as cold as it was Tuesday (when we did get freeze delays), the wind chill will make it feel much colder. Plus, there will be snow blowing sideways, and that's always fun.
The GSD Staffers are a bunch of hearty New Englanders, and as much as we advocate for snow days, we also find it it admirable to tough out the harsh weather. But we draw the line at the ultra cold. Snow in and of itself is not dangerous; temps in the -20s are neither fun nor safe.
And on that cheery note, we do have a few delays and closures to report for tomorrow. We'll start the running list here:
FREEZE DAY
Central Berkshire
BArT
Farmington River
Emma Miller
Gabriel Abbott
McCann
Clarksburg
Adams/Cheshire
North Adams
Mount Greylock
Williamstown
Lanesborough
Hancock
Williams College (administrative offices and day school)
Mohawk Trail
2-HOUR DELAY
Southern Berkshire
Berkshire Hills
Richmond
Southwest Vermont SU
Stamford VT
Berkshire Country Day
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