Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Snow & Sleet Again

We do have a few cancellations/delays to report this morning: Child Care of the Berkshires has cancelled transportation but will be open at 9:00 AM. Also, Pine Cobble School is operating with a two-hour delay.

As for the weather, expect the rain to end later this morning, and we'll have a damp, humid and unseasonably warm day. All of us should see 40 degrees by this afternoon except in the higher elevations with maybe a glimpse of the sun possible.

There is enough of a snow base to handle the rain and snow. Then things are really going to get crusty as the temps will drop almost 30 degrees in about 15 hours starting this afternoon. When you wake up on Wednesday, the thermometer will read in the low and mid teens. If you don't deal with the slush on your driveways and walkways today, you'll be stuck with it that way until it gets covered with snow on Thursday night.

Yes, we have another moderate storm right around the corner. Again, it looks like ice is going to factor in and keep snow totals down--especially in South County--but there should be a longer period of snow for the entire county before that transition occurs.

The North American model snowcast by the end of the day on Friday. The Euro is similar, giving us about an inch more. (Image courtesy of Pivotal Weather.)

Right now the hours of impact appear to be Thursday night through midday Friday. The official GSD guesstimate (as of today) is 3-6" with lower totals south and higher totals in the northeast corner of the Berkshires. Hopefully the storm will be enough to restore the hit to the snow base we're getting today due to the rain.


 

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