Another Delay Opportunity for Monday

For a storm that yielded less than four inches of snow in most locations in the Berkshires, we certainly got our money's worth. Most schools delayed or cancelled on Thursday, and about a third of the schools in our region shortened the school day or cancelled it outright on Friday. Timing is everything.

That adage will once again be applicable Sunday night into Monday. With plenty of cold air in place--we should bottom out in the single digits early Sunday morning--the next system will move into our area from the southwest late Sunday night. We should see 1-3 inches of snow before a transition to rain on Monday as warm air will accompany the storm system. We could hit 40 degrees later on Monday.

As long it's still snowing in that 5 AM to 7 AM window, we should see some delays. Working parents might disagree, but delays are generally crowd-pleasers. The safety-first folks are usually satisfied with the extra two hours, and the snow day-aholics are typically placated because "at least its something." And administrators can live with them because they don't push the end of the school year to the July 4th weekend.

We would like to see the snow totals bumped up by forecasters before moving the Confidence Meter above 25% for delays. More about this minor storm tomorrow.