Post-Storm Analysis--South County Left in the Lurch

The first storm of 2018-19 is in the books, and the big news was that mid-County and South County schools got shut out, which is odd given this map:

Preliminary snow totals for the Nov. 16 storm.

Because meteorologists were talking for enhanced snowfall of east-facing slopes, we can't believe that Central Berkshire did not call in a snow day. Maybe there was a district-wide professional development day. Someone did report in on Facebook that Pittsfield had an early release scheduled for today, so that ruled them out of getting a two-hour delay. But if the snow totals are accurate in the map above, we would have thought Southern Berkshire and/or Berkshire Hills would have opted for at least a delay.

So, we are feeling your pain, South County, and wish you could have joined North County in its leisurely start to the day. For all of the North County schools that had delays, we had the classic scenario where it was snowing harder in the delayed commute time than it was in the regular start of school commute time window. Please don't email your Superintendent about this--this storm was a hard one to get exactly right.

As for our next storm, we may get some light snow Sunday night, but it sounds like it won't be enough create delays for Monday. We'll monitor it, of course, but if you don't hear from us before then, you'll know the threat passed us by.