Welcome back to GSD, followers of the flake! It's been a spell since our last update. We thought about sending out an APB for last Thursday night/Friday morning's snow, but we had a strong feeling the roads were too warm to generate any delays Friday morning. After all, did hit 70 in many parts of the Berkshires just a day before.
But enough with the old news chit chat.
We have a developing situation that could lead to delays for some public school students tomorrow (Monday). The Berkshires have a Winter Weather Advisory for late tonight through late morning tomorrow. The timing for this small storm is chef's-kiss-terrific. And the reason this disturbance has an Advisory is a prediction for ice in some areas. If you are a fan of snow days and delays, then ice is your friend.
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| NWS Albany |
Also, for this storm there is more cold air in place tonight than there was on Friday. This means roads will be colder and could slick up: inconveniently for bus drivers, but conveniently for students who wouldn't mind sleeping in on a Monday. These various factors that are in place tare making this storm much more intriguing from a prediction standpoint.
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| NWS Albany |
Unfortunately, because it's late March, we are not too bullish on this storm. Any schools/districts with high elevation towns (over 1000') have a much better chance for delays than valley schools. So this means eastern Berkshire districts (north, central, and south) will have a much greater chance for delays than schools more anchored to route 7.
We think west/central schools have a 10% chance for a delay and eastern schools/districts have a 35% chance. That's not much but at least it's something.
If you have read this post all the way to here, spread the word. This one might sneak up on a few people.
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