Sunday night's storm brought many delays to our brethren to the west as many New York schools phoned in the two-hour delay on Monday. No such luck for Berkshirites.
All of our attention is on a weather-maker for Thursday. We know many of you could use just one measly little snow day to break up the week, but, alas, we are finding more not to like about this storm than like.
As the former leader of the free world would say, here's the deal. It will snow early Thursday morning and continue through part of the day. There is a good chance snow will change to mixed precipitation and then rain. The bad news is that meteorologists are just not seeing that much liquid precipitation associated with this storm. The models are showing around 2-3 inches, which just doesn't seem to be enough to merit cancelling school.
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| Euro model for snow on Thursday. |
The timing is also precarious. Some indicators are showing that the storm will start before daybreak on Thursday. Others push the start to 7 or 8 AM. The only real way we'll see delays or snow days is if snow begins to fall in that 4 AM to 6 AM window. We also will need a forecast of sleet and freezing rain. If ice were to enter meaningfully into the conversation, then, yes, some schools will have delays and or snow days.
Models are relatively in agreement, so we don't think there will be any big swings in the forecast. Right now our official position is "don't get your hopes up." We will continue to monitor the situation and hope to have better news tomorrow.
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