The timing of these two early-week storms just isn't working out for us. The snow and freezing rain came through too quickly today, and tomorrow it looks like the snow won't kick in until after the high school runs of the buses. And don't even start thinking about an early release unless the NWS suddenly calls for a Winter Storm Warning for Wednesday, which is highly unlikely.
But there is a chance we could get a sneaky 3-5 inches of snow tomorrow. We have a classic set-up where a low pressure system exits to our east and pulls moisture and cold air from the north over the Berkshires. We've written about this scenario before where a lake effect-like setup occurs and we get what is called upslope snow all day (even though it comes out of the north). Watch this video from Boston meteorologist Dave Epstein. It shows perfectly how we might be in for a full day of light and, at times, moderate snow if the snow pump really gets cranked up. We're not saying it is going to happen, but we should be prepared in case it does. The best case scenario would be a Winter Storm Watch out of this exiting storm.
Even if it does snow all day tomorrow, the only fallout would be practices, rehearsals, and games cancelled Wednesday night.
As for the weekend nor'easter, we're seeing a wide range of possibilities with up to a foot in a few models and a complete bust from many models. It's a little early in the week for the classic windshield wiper effect--storm predicted (a week away), storm predictions fizzle (3-4 days before), storm predicted again (36 hours before)--so if we were betting people, we'd say that the storm is an underdog at this point in the proceedings.
Enjoy this relatively mild day because it will be frigid later in the week. Highs in the teens on Friday!
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