It's Official--Winter Storm Warning

NWS Albany has issued a Winter Storm Warning for all of Berkshire County (and southern Vermont and central Mass as well).

Key details are travel on Tuesday will be "very difficult to impossible." The 12 to 18" of snow will also be very heavy, which will lead to downed trees and power outages. And the winds are going to kick up midday and into the evening on Tuesday creating white out conditions. Good times!

There is still some hesitation from meteorologists about the warm air in place and just how long it's going to take to transition from rain/wet snow to accumulating snow. We think that warm air is going to hang around a little longer and keep snow totals closer to 12" than 18" for those who live in the 800' (and lower) elevation zone. Those above 1000' will probably get their 18".

No matter how we get there, Tuesday is going to be a mess, and we're still very confident that schools will not be in session that day.

Here are some maps to give you a general lay of the land and how meteorologists are feeling about the storm:

New England Cable News and GSD are mostly on the same page; we're both suggesting moderation with the snow totals predictions.

What's fantastic about this map from NWS Albany is that it is the "low end" map. If the snow is a bust, this is how much snow we'll get, say they. That's still a lot of snow.

Meteorologist Bernie Rayno of Accuweather doing his thing on YouTube with the Telestrator. Bernie does not think NYC or Boston will get much but he's confident the Berkshires will.

Love the totals. But the jury's still out on the color combos chosen by the Springfield 22 Storm Team. It's the green/aqua that's throwing things off.

This is the Euro snow total prediction as of 1 AM Wednesday. Still looking good.