Winter Weather Advisory for Sunday; More Storms on the Way

Ten days from now, the Berkshires will likely have a very different look. The GSD Staff is eyeing not one, not two, but three chances for measurable snow in the next 10 days.

First up is the appetizer. The clipper we wrote about earlier in the week is on its way. Yay for snow but boo for timing. Snow will descend upon us in the afternoon and evening tomorrow (Sunday). Even though we have a Winter Weather Advisory for the Berkshires tomorrow (for 3-5" of snow),  road crews will have ample time to get the roads clear for the bus runs on Monday morning. The expectation is that snow will start in the early afternoon and wrap up shortly after midnight. We can't rule out a delay or two for some towns, but most students will have a full day of school on Monday.

Not bad for a clipper system.

Then things get interesting. Some models are showing a nor'easter for Friday/Friday night. It's much too early to lock this one in, of course, but the potential certainly exists for a moderate to heavy snowfall. Even though the storm center will emerge from the southeast, there's a piece of energy coming in from the Northwest that will determine if we get snow on Friday. If that northwestern energy is too strong, it would push the storm south of us. If it dissipates, we'll get the first big one of the season. Say a little prayer for the Euro model (see below) as that is the one that is showing a more significant storm.

Euro model for next Friday/Friday night. This will change so don't get TOO excited.

And finally in the week before Christmas we're looking at another moderate storm potential. Simply put, we are in a great pattern. Should that storm come to fruition, we're looking at a Tuesday/Wednesday event (Dec. 20-21).

With only 10 days of school until the next vacation, we think chances are high that we will have at least one snow day. Right now we would put the chances of at least one snow day at 60% and the chances for two snow days at 20%. 

We're excited about the 2-3" we'll get tomorrow, but it's the Friday storm that has most of our attention. We look forward to providing frequent updates about it in the upcoming week.