Four Chances for Snow

We have an active weather week ahead but no big storms. We are, however, eyeing a bigger storm for Valentine's Day. It's much too far away to get excited about it, but it's worth at least a mention.

We should see some snow Monday night into Tuesday. A coastal storm will creep up toward us but ultimately go out to sea. Still, its precipitation shield should extend into Western Mass. We could see a delay or two on Tuesday if the timing is just right because there's not much liquid precipitation associated with this system.

Some shameless wishful thinking on our part: this map shows how much snow we could get if the Monday night storm over-performs. The down-the-middle map shows an inch or less for Berkshire County.

We also could see two Alberta clippers bring us more light snow later in the week. The first one is supposed to enter our region Wednesday night, and the second one will come in Friday night. The first one will likely stay too far to our north to bring us snow, but the second one seems more potent and could bring a few inches of the white stuff in time for Saturday morning.

The big change you will notice this week will be the temperature. We should get all the way to the upper 30s each day (Monday through Friday). Our measly snow pack is going to take a significant hit.

Hopefully, we'll get it all back and then some on Valentine's Day. The models are showing another big storm for that 13th/14th. We'll monitor it and get back to you if we start to see any favorable signs.