Today (Thursday) offers us a pleasant winter day--sun through thin clouds, no wind, temps in the low 30s--but the looming frigid air mass that meteorologists have talked about all week is on our doorstep.
Friday is now looking to be the colder of the two days, but we still do not believe we'll see freeze delays or full freeze days. If we do, it means we've really gone soft in the last few years with regard to cold temperature.
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| Euro model wind chills for Saturday morning |
The temperature will really start to plummet after midnight tonight. It will likely be in the low 20s when you go to bed. When you arise, it will be in the single digits. By the time you go home from school, it will be near 0 with strong winds making it feel like -30s. We've never ever seen a freeze release called before. Tomorrow could be the day. Any schools with a significant walking population might want to make sure rides can be arranged for the way home tomorrow.
After a low Saturday morning in the -10s and wind chill values approaching -40 degrees, we could warm all the way up to double digits by Saturday afternoon. Winds will be subsiding throughout the day but won't go away noticeably until Monday. Saturday night will be another cold one, but the warmth returns on Sunday: most Berkshire-ites should see 40 degrees that day.
Again, no snow is in sight. We'll probably lose our base next week as patches of grass begin to poke through due to melting and rain on Tuesday. We'll need another big storm if we're going to get back to skiing and backyard sledding in February and early March.
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