The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory for Northern Berkshire county. Pittsfield and towns north should see an inch or two of snow later today, with higher elevation towns picking up 3-6" of snow. And anyone who lives above 1500' feet could easily see double digit snow totals by Saturday morning.
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| The Euro's snow prediction for today and tonight |
Most of us in the county experienced some rain early this morning (5-6 AM), and there will be a pause in the action before the rain begins again and starts to transition to wet snow as the temps slowly start to decrease throughout the day. It does not take a trained meteorologist to tell you that as the temps go down, the relative dryness of the snow starts to go up. Folks in the valleys will mostly see a heavy slushy snow, while those in the hill towns will gradually transition to higher quality snow.
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| Channel 6 in Albany |
In terms of travel today, the worst time would be between noon and 9 PM, unless of course you are driving south or east. Those areas should stay all rain, or if does snow there, it will not accumulate on most roads because the ground is still above freezing.
As for Sunday night's storm, the models are less optimistic about the storm redeveloping off the coast close enough for moderate snow. The Berkshires should still get some snow, but it will only be nuisance level snow of 1-2". Things are still fluid, as they say, and the projected timing is such that the morning commute could still be impacted.
Today could be tricky; be prepared for slow travel later today.
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