Freezing Rain and the Friday/Saturday Storm

Despite almost all students in the County getting snow days, yesterday's storm definitely underperformed. Most locations picked up 3 to 5 inches and most students probably should have had a snow day, but up here at the GSD Home Office in Williamstown, we didn't even get to 2 inches.

Despite the fizzle in the northwest corner, the models weren't too far off, especially the Euro. As you can see below, some places to our west did get the 6-10 inches that was predicted.

But now it's on to the next storms. We have two noteworthy weather developments to watch out for. There is currently a Winter Weather Advisory for Berkshire County because freezing rain is expected overnight. The morning commute could be slippery so there is an outside chance that a district in the north has a delay on Thursday.

The other concern is a potential moderate to heavy snow producer on track for Friday night and Saturday. This one could produce up to a foot of snow in our area. It's unlikely it will start early enough on Friday to get students out of school early, but Friday night and Saturday morning could be very snowy. The X-factor for this storm will be a potential prolonged period of sleet (after midnight), which would keep snow totals down but make for very hazardous driving Saturday morning.

There are quite a few games and performances on Friday night in the County, and currently it is very much touch-and-go whether those events will take place or need to be postponed. We'll keep monitoring it so all you readers know what to expect.

But the skiers and snow enthusiasts should be happy come Sunday. We could have over a foot base througout the County, which should last us a few more weeks.

The North American model for the storm this weekend.

The European model is less aggressive with its snow totals. If you average the two, we should end up with 6-8 inches countywide.