NWS Albany has upgraded our Watch to a Warning for all of Berkshire County. The details are snow starts around 11 PM with snowfall rates of up to 1 to 2 inches per hour between midnight and 7 AM. There will be a changeover to sleet and rain later in the morning, but by that point most of the county should have 5 inches on the ground and higher amounts in the eastern side of the County.
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| It's coming. Notice that beautiful comma shape. |
If the storm over-performs, which would not surprise us, we'll end up with a nice 8-10 inch base.
Another factor working in our favor is the cold air that is in place. We registered a toasty -10℉ around 6 AM on the trusty GSD Weather Station™. The storm will gradually lift the temperature above freezing as it overspreads our area, but the subzero temps will slow that process down and, ideally, give us several more hours for snow to fall.
Public schools have the day off tomorrow, but a few private schools out there do not. Given the timing of the storm and the uncertainty about the changeover to a sleet and rain as well as the strong winds that will be gusting to 40 mph, it's likely those schools will join their free education brethren with a day off.
And now some maps:
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| WRGB in Albany. A perfectly acceptable map. |
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| WWLP in Springfield. We like this one. |
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| Weather Underground/Intellicast. This map also meets our approval. |
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