In a slightly surprising move, NWS Albany went right to the Winter Storm Watch early this morning (Tuesday). We thought we'd see the Winter Weather Advisory first, but the Watch indicates that the snow is going to come down hard for at least several hours on Wednesday.
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| NWS Albany |
Unfortunately, the timing of this storm--for school cancellation purposes--is absolute trash, as the kids say these days. The storm should start between 2 and 3 PM--most likely ruling out early releases on Wednesday--and the snow is going to transition to mixed precip and drizzle by midnight. Town DPWs will have more than enough time to clean up the roads before the high school/middle school bus runs on Thursday morning.
So, you should expect no activities after school on Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night. We know some of you teachers out there will be very sad to miss your Wednesday faculty meeting, but it's highly likely an administrative email will give you all the critical information you will have missed.
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| WWLP Springfield |
If there are delays on Thursday, they will come from the east side of the County. From Florida Mountain on down through Central Berkshire and Richmond Consolidated--those districts have the best shot at a shorter day.
Further developments are possible, so we'll keep monitoring it throughout the day today and tomorrow. Right now, though, it looks like Wednesday afternoon and night will be a good time to stay off the roads, and Thursday morning's commute should be manageable enough not to need a delay.
For longer term planning, we see cooler trends and average precipitation in the forecast for the next few weeks. Translation: more winter!
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