Red Flags for Sunday Night's Storm

Before anyone starts to make plans for how they are going to spend their day off on Monday, we feel obliged to present a few sobering realities:

1. The primary source of energy for this storm is currently in California. That's a lot of distance to cover in a short amount of time, which means a variety of things can go wrong with it.

2.  Check out these two forecasts:

For most storms this past winter, the high end prediction and the low end prediction have been much, much closer together--just 3-4 inches difference typically. To see an 18-inch difference raises an enormous red flag. This set-up has "bust" written all over it.

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So even though the National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for the Berkshires for Sunday night into Monday, the GSD staff is suddenly not feeling so great about a sure-thing snow day (based on the reports we read this morning). It all could work out for us in the end, but we urge you to proceed with caution.