Monday Delays Possible

Mid and South County got a dusting this afternoon ahead of the next storm system that will move into our area after midnight.

A more sustained snowfall will move in from the east-southeast and coat the highways and byways in the Berkshires with light snow. No Winter Weather Advisory has been announced, which means snow totals are 2" or under. Except for higher elevations, there's a good chance the snow will change over to rain by daybreak.

More liquid needed.

Still, the morning commute could be slick for some. Schools in the hill towns have a much better chance of a delay for tomorrow, but our confidence is low with this event. If there are delays tomorrow, the most likely schools would be the Hoosac Valley School District, the Mount Greylock School District, Southwestern Vermont Supervisory Union, Stamford, Hancock, Central Berkshire, Emma Miller and Gabriel Abbott.

The warm (and warming) temperatures are keeping confidence low.

As for the rest of the week, we will still be in a very active pattern. We said this last week, but don't expect to say hello to Mr. Sun this week. We have chances for snow/rain Tuesday morning, snow/sleet for Wednesday night into Thursday morning, and another snow/mixed precip event for Sunday night into Monday morning. If we were to rank these systems and their chances of giving us delays or snow days, we would say:

1. Thursday morning
2. Tomorrow morning
3. Tuesday morning

Next Monday is President's Day and the first day of February break for the public schools, so luck would have it that that storm will be the big blockbuster we've been waiting for since our last big storm in early December.

Still, that's a lot to look forward to--especially Thursday--and the GSD Staff will be very busy this week producing content.