Wind, Snow, Rain, Cold -- In That Order

Another icy Thursday led to a clean sweep of delays and cancellations for today. Impressive for only 0.2" of snow and a little sleet at the Home Office in Williamstown (!). The only schools in the County in session for the full day appeared to be MCLA and Williams.

All the public school students are off next week, so Superintendents are sighing with relief that they get 10 days off to not think about the weather. (It's way too soon but one model is showing heavy snow for the Monday after vacation.)

In the meantime, we have a wild four days coming up. Here's what you should know:

*A Wind Advisory goes into effect at 6 PM tonight. Some gusts will approach 50 mph. Yikes! Power outages are possible, so there is a chance for a random delay or cancellation from the wind.

*Heavy snow Saturday afternoon and Saturday night. Temps will be near 32, so it will be a wet and greasy snow. Travel will be difficult Saturday evening. The Berkshires should see 4-8" of snow before the changeover.

*Snow transitions to rain Sunday morning and temps rise into the mid 30s. A mostly wet day with ice possible in a few pockets early on.

*Bitter cold returns on the back end of the storm Sunday night, which will kick up squalls and upslope snow. We might get to 20 degrees on Monday but Tuesday and Wednesday will be in the teens. Hopefully the rain does not wipe out the snow base and folks can get out for fun outdoor activities on vacation those days.

NWS Albany. We think these totals will trend slightly higher tomorrow and Saturday.

Tonight, be safe out there with the wind. And we'll be sure to update everyone on the Saturday/Sunday snow event tomorrow (or Saturday morning at the latest).

(And thanks to John S, Matt S, and Tattiya M for caffeine-fueling the GSD Staff for the next few weeks. Much appreciated!)