How Soon Will We Know?

Now that just about all students are back home and safe and sound, the burning question of the day is: how soon will we know if we have a snow day tomorrow?

It's the professional opinion here at the GSD Home Office that you won't have to wait too long.

The center of the storm is just to the east of the Delmarva peninsula, and it is throwing tons of moisture northward. These very heavy bands of moisture will hit the Berkshires, making driving tonight a disaster.

As long as the snow really piles up (12"+), some Superintendents will make the call tonight and cancel classes for the morning. Some of our more optimistic school leaders will hold out until tomorrow morning, especially if they went with the full snow day for today (which was great for those students but not really the right decision, as there is currently a dry slot over the Berkshires as busses are taking students home for their early dismissals).

That wall of water you see down on the Jersey shore will become more and more vertical and then, we hope, sit on top of the Berkshires. That's when we'll see snow rates of 2-3" per hour.

The last run of the models did take our snow totals down a few inches, but we're still in line for 12-15" of snow. That's a lot of snow for road crews to move around, and it will still likely be snowing during the morning commute. Delays are guaranteed; snow days are almost a certainty.