The good news is that there's no real change to the forecast for the Sunday/Monday storm. An encouraging sign is that NWS Albany has hoisted the Winter Storm Watch flag for Northern Berkshire. Southern Berkshire has a Winter Weather Advisory.
Both advisories will take us through the morning commute. The Watch ends in the vaguely termed "afternoon," while Advisory will end at 10 AM. The simple translation is that snow days are more likely for Northern Berkshire, and delays will be the more popular option for South County schools.
The timing is good, but we are concerned that the snow could end too early for South County. We are also concerned about the fast movement of the storm. It should only be a 12-15 hour event.
Snow should start late afternoon or early evening and be steady throughout the night. It could start as rain or mixed precipitation because temps will actually be above freezing at the start of the storm. The falling snow actually helps pull cold air down with it, which is why we will see snow even though temps might not suggest that to happen.
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We're still thinking a third or half of the schools of Berkshire Counties will have snow days on Monday. Pittsfield and Central Berkshire on north are looking pretty good. Schools south of Pittsfield might only get the delay. Southern Berkshire might have a full day of school, but we'll be rooting for them to have at least a delay.
The current track of the storm puts Northern Berkshire in the bull's eye for the highest snow totals from this event (in Massachusetts). But if the storm tracks slightly farther south, then Southern Berkshire snow totals should go up. The models did show today a slight jog to the south, so the trend is encouraging for the entire county.
More updates tomorrow!
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