For a storm that got in and out in less than 18 hours, it certainly did its thing "as advertised." We got 14" at the GSD Home Office, and snow reports from the around the county show a high of 23" in Lanesborough, 16.7" in Cheshire and 12" to 14" in Pittsfield and South County.
At some point Wednesday night models had pushed good portions of the Berkshires into an 18-24" region, but some of those very heavy bands pushed off to the west. The Binghamton, NY area got absolutely pummeled with the airport there reporting an even 40" of snow. (If you want to see snow totals from the entire region, follow this link.)
As for days off from school, the one exciting development was that Pittsfield had to change from a fully remote day to a full snow day due to power outages. Hopefully those students found out early enough to enjoy a day out in the snow.
For the next snow opportunity, we might see a few nuisance snow opportunities starting on Sunday and continuing in the early part of the week. Then, temps warm up into the 40s. There is a forecast for precipitation on Christmas Eve but it's for rain. That rain will be out in front of a cold front, and when the cold front does come through, we just might see a conversion to ice and/or snow on Santa's big day. We'll definitely be focusing our energies on that rain/cold front in the next few days.
We also should report that a few outlets are forecasting an active early January period for storms. It's all connected monitoring of the Polar Vortex. The longer-range forecasters are very excited about that period and think the Northeast will be very stormy and snowy.
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