[7:11AM MON 1/29/24] SPRING-WINTER ELEVATION STORM DEPARTS... COATINGS IN PARTS OF THE VALLEY UP TO 8" OR SO IN THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES, WESTERN HILLTOWNS AND NORTHERN CMASS AS EXPECTED... BREEZY TODAY, COLDER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING, THEN MORE SEASONABLE TEMPS INTO FRIDAY WITH A COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE AND SOME MIXED SHOWERS... COLDER NEXT WEEKEND... MOSTLY FAIR WEATHER THROUGHOUT... NO BIG STORMS IN SIGHT...

[7:48AM SUN: 1/28/24] WINTER STORM WARNINGS AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED REGION-WIDE... THERE ARE MANY REASONS WHY THE PIONEER VALLEY FROM GREENFIELD SOUTH TO HARTFORD COULD SEE LITTLE SNOW FROM THIS SYSTEM AFTER POTENTIAL MORNING BURST OF SNOW AS HEAVIER PRECIP MOVES IN... SPRING TYPE SET UP FAVORS ELEVATIONS ABOVE 1000 FEET OR SO TO SEE 4-8" OF WET SNOW, ISOLATED OUTAGES POSSIBLE... SLOP TURNS TO SNOW BETWEEN 6PM-MIDNIGHT EVERYWHERE, BUT STORM WINDS DOWN INTO MONDAY MORNING... FAIR WEATHER MONDAY AFTERNOON THUR THE WEEK, COLD TO START, MILDER TO FINISH... MUCH COLDER AIR COULD ARRIVE BY NEXT WEEKEND...

[9:10AM SAT: 1/27/24] WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR MUCH OF THE WMASS REGION, ALL OF CMASS, SVT AND SWNH... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES *MAY* BE FILLED IN FOR CENTRAL/EASTERN HAMPSHIRE AND HAMPDEN COUNTIES AND PARTS OF NORTHERN CT LATER TODAY... CALM TODAY, STORMY TOMORROW INTO MONDAY MORNING, AND THEN COLD TO SEASONABLE AND FAIR NEXT WEEK...

[5:00AM THU 1/25/24] SHOWERS TAPER OFF TODAY WITH ONE MORE RAIN ROUND AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING... SOME HIGH TERRAIN ICING POSSIBLE, THEN WE DRY OUT UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN RAIN MOVES BACK IN, LIKELY CHANGING TO SNOW BY EVENING INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING... AT THIS POINT A LIGHT TO MODERATE TYPE SNOWFALL IS WORTH EXPECTING, BUT DETAILS TO BE IRONED OUT... AFTER THAT STORM WE'RE COLD INTO MID-WEEK THEN WE RAISE TEMPS A BIT, WITH A MOSTLY DRY WEEK OVERALL, PUTTING AN END TO OUR RECENT ACTIVE PATTERN...

[7:19AM WED 1/24/24] WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUE FOR FREEZING RAIN/DRIZZLE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON AS TEMPS SLOWLY CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING, LEADING TO SCATTERED PLAIN RAIN SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON... STEADIER RAIN MOVES BACK IN TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, THEN MORE RAIN MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH 1-2" OF RAIN POSSIBLE... ANOTHER WINTER STORM LOOMS FOR SUNDAY/MONDAY, AND SOME OF US COULD GET UP TO HALF A FOOT OF SNOW...

[7:17AM TUE 1/23/24] WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR SVT, THE BERKSHIRES, WESTERN HILLTOWNS, FRANKLIN COUNTY, NORTHERN WORCESTER COUNTY AND LITCHFIELD COUNTY CT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW OF 1-3" LATER TODAY AND OVERNIGHT AND POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN IN THE HIGH TERRAIN DURING WEDNESDAY... RAIN MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT, WITH SHOWERS THURSDAY RELEGATED MAINLY SOUT HOF THE PIKE... A FINAL SLUGGA RAIN MOVES THRU THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH MILDER AIR... SUNDAY/MONDAY MIXED STORM STILL ON THE TABLE...

[7:20AM MON 1/22/24] 20-30º REBOUND FROM VERY COLD LOWS THIS MORNING TO TEMPERATE HIGHS LATER AS CLOUDS START TO INCREASE... A FEW LIGHT MIXED SHOWERS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON, OTHERWISE DRY... SNOW OR MIXED PRECIP ARRIVES BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON, TURNS TO SNOW AT NIGHT... COATING TO 2" POSSIBLE WED. AM... PRECIP TAPERS TO SLEET OR RAIN BY WEDNESDAY NOON... RAINY PERIODS THURSDAY INTO EARLY FRIDAY WITH MILDER TEMPS INTO SATURDAY... SNOWSTORM POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...

[8:40AM SUN: 1/21/24] ENJOY TODAY'S SUNSHINE, CLOUDS BUILD THIS COMING WEEK... WIND CHILL ADVISORIES END AT 10AM IN THE BERKSHIRES/HILLTOWNS... BLUSTERY AT TIMES TODAY... MILD AIR ADVECTION BEGINS TOMORROW INTO TUESDAY, BUT ACCUMULATING LIGHT SNOW OF ABOUT 1-3" ARRIVES TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE... EVEN MILDER AIR SURGES WITH A COUPLE OF RAINY/SHOWERY PERIODS WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY... ANOTHER STORM POSSIBLE BY LATE SUNDAY...

[6:45AM SAT: 1/20/24] WIND CHILL ADVISORIES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR THE WESTERN HILLTOWNS OF WMASS AND THE BERKSHIRES TONIGHT INTO EARLY TOMORROW MORNING FOR WIND CHILLS DOWN TO 18º BELOW ZERO... THE COLDEST 24 HOURS OF THIS WINTER STARTS THIS MORNING... BLUSTERY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH A SNOW SHOWER POSSIBLE... FAIR AND COLD SUNDAY AND MONDAY, THEN INCLEMENT WEATHER ARRIVES BY TUESDAY NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE WITH MIXED/RAINY PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY WITH MILDER TEMPS...

[7:20AM FRI 1/19/24] SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES TODAY WITH POSSIBLY A STEADY PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW ALONG AND SOUHT OF THE PIKE... LITTLE TO NO ACCUMULATION NORTH OF THE PIKE, AND PERHAPS A COATING TO UP TO AN INCH OR SO SOUTH OF THERE, ESPECIALLY IN NORTHERN CT... BELOW ZERO WIND CHILLS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT WITH SINGLE DIGIT ABOVE CHILLS SATURDAY WHICH LOOKS CLOUDY... SUNNY AND NEAR 30º ON SUNDAY (PICK OF THE WEEKEND) WITH MILDER TEMPS NEXT WEEK AND SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT...

[7:15AM THU 1/18/24] WATCH FOR BLACK ICE... A FEW BERKSHIRE SNOW SHOWERS LATER THIS AFTERNOON WITH A WEAK WAVE IS FOLLOWED BY VERY LIGHT SNOW TOMORROW STARTING BY LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON... WHILE THIS IS JUST A COATING TO AN INCH TYPE EVENT, VERY COLD PRECEDING AIR AND SURFACE TEMPS CAN PRODUCE SLICK TRAVEL QUICKLY... WIND CHILLS GO BELOW ZERO FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH SATURDAY AS COLDEST DAY OF THE WINTER SO FAR... MILDER TEMPS NEXT WEEK, BUT ACCUMULATING SNOW POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT, SO STAY TUNED...

[7:10AM WED 1/17/24] THE STORM PARADE OF 2024 1st EDITION HAS CONCLUDED... WATCH FOR BLACK ICE THIS MORNING ON ALL SURFACES... SOME SNOW SHOWERS ON THURSDAY, AND A PERIOD OF LIGHT SNOW ALONG/SOUTH OF THE PIKE FRIDAY IS ALL THAT'S UPCOMING THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK... OTHERWISE, IT'S *COLD* THROUGH THE WEEKEND, AND WE MILDEN UP NEXT WEEK WITH A PATTERN CHANGE...

[7:04AM MON 1/16/24] SNOW HAS BEGUN AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES CONTINUE... DO YOU HAVE ANY ACCUMULATION? SNOW FALLS LIGHT TO MODERATELY TODAY, STEADIEST DURING THE AFTERNOON BEFORE QUITTING EARLY THIS EVENING... ICING MAY MIX IN AS FAR NORTH AS NORTHERN CT UP TO THE MASSPIKE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WORCESTER FOR A BRIEF TIME... ANYWHERE FROM 2-5" OF SNOW EXPECTED FOR MOST, THOUGH A FEW SPOTS MAY SEE HALF A FOOT... COLD AND BLUSTERY TOMORROW, LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE FRIDAY, THEN A VERY COLD WEEKEND AHEAD BEFORE THE MILDENING COMMENCES FOR NEXT WEEK...

[7:23AM MON 1/15/24] BLACK ICE THIS MORNING... A ONE-WEEK COLD PATTERN ARRIVES... STARTING TOMORROW, A LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWSTORM ARRIVES FOLLOWED BY TWO COLD FAIR WEATHER DAYS, WHICH RINSES AND REPEATS AGAIN WITH A POSSIBLE SECOND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL FRIDAY, FOLLOWED BY A COLDER, BLUSTERY PAIR OF FAIR WEATHER DAYS NEXT WEEKEND... TEMPS MODERATE BY NEXT WEEK... PRETTY-UP-THE-PLACE SNOW IS ON THE WAY...

[8:15AM SUN: 1/14/24] *SNOW SQUALLS AND SNOW SHOWERS TODAY*... LATE MORNING TO MID/LATE AFTERNOON IS WHEN SQUALLS MAY PUT DOWN A COATING TO 2", WITH 1-4" BY TONIGHT IN THE BERKSHIRES, WESTERN HILLTOWNS AND SVT DUE TO UPSLOPE PROCESSES... WINDS GUST 30-50MPH WITH AND BEHIND THE INCOMING COOLD FRONT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SQUALLS... TWO LIGHT/MODERATE SNOW EVENTS TUESDAY AND FRIDAY, AS MODIFIED ARCTIC AIR ARRIVES...

[7:40AM SAT: 1/13/24] STORM IS LEAVING, COLD IS COMING, SNOW SQUALLS AND BLUSTERY / WINDY FOR SUNDAY... LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY AND PERHAPS AGAIN ON FRIDAY, BUT MAIN STORY FOR NOW IS COLDER TEMPS MOVING IN FOR THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK..

[7:15AM FRI 1/12/24] WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE UP FOR SOUTHERN VT... HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE UP FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY AND BENNINGTON COUNTY VT... WIND ADVISORY IS UP FOR LITCHFIELD COUNTY... FLOOD WATCHES ARE UP FOR WMASS, CMASS AND NORTHERN CT... STORM IMPACT MOSTLY 11PM-7AM... 2-6" OF SNOW IN SVT AND FAR NORTHWEST MA, WITH 1-3" POSSIBLE EAST OF GREENFIELD IN THE HIGH TERRAIN DOWN RT. 2 AND UP INTO SWNH... BLUSTERY AND COLDER THIS WEEKEND... SNOWSTORM STILL POSSIBLE TUESDAY, AND ALSO FRIDAY... WIND CHILL BELOW ZERO MONDAY MORNING...

[7:10AM THURS 1/11/24] NEW HIGH WIND WATCHES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR THE NORTHERN BERKSHIRES/TACONICS AND SOUTHWEST VT... FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE FOR FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY IN WMASS, CMASS, N.CT... WON'T BE SURPRISED IF WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES GO UP FOR PARTS OF SVT AT SOME POINT... STORM MOVES QUICKLY LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING, THEN WINTER CHILL ARRIVES AND LASTS THROUGH NEXT WEEK... SNOWSTORM SIGNALS CONTINUE TUESDAY AND FRIDAY BUT UNCERTAINTY REMAINS... PATTERN CHANGE INCOMING...

[7:13AM WED 1/10/24] *NEW* WIND ADVISORIES UP BERKSHIRES, SVT, LITCHFIELD COUNTY... LIKELY WINDIER TODAY FOR MANY BEHIND THE STORM... FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE FOR THE MILL RIVER AT FLORENCE, AND THE FARMINGTON AT UNIONVILLE AND SIMSBURY CT... WIND GOT TAMPED DOWN DUE TO LATER ARRIVAL OF MILDER AIR, INVERSION HELD... 25-40MPH GUSTS FOR MUCH OF THE REGION WITH A 50MPH GUST AT BENNINGTON VT... PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING... SNOW PACK ABSORBED RAIN, PREVENTING BIGGER STREAM FLOODING ISSUES... MORE STORMS COMING, AND COLDEST AIR OF WINTER SEASON ARRIVES ALL NEXT WEEK WITH TWO POSSIBLE WINTER STORMS... THE 2024 STORM PARADE ROLLS ON...

[7:18AM TUE 1/9/24] HIGH WIND WARNINGS, WIND ADVISORIES, WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES AND FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE FOR VARIOUS PARTS OF THE REGION... SUNRISE PICS PLEASE... SNOW AND RAIN ARRIVES 3-6PM... SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE WESTERN HIILLS, NORTHERN BERKSHIRES, SVT, SWNH AND NORTHERN CMASS THRU MIDNIGHT, RAIN/SNOW MIX OR RAIN ELSEWHERE, CHANGING TO HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS 30-60MPH... OUTAGES DUE TO WIND AND/OR SNOW COMBO... FLOODING EXPECTED IN SPOTS... STORM CLEARS BY EARLY WED. MORNING WITH RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS TOMORROW... MORE SNOW/RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY, COLDER SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK, SNOWY NOR'EASTER POSSIBLE TUESDAY, STAY TUNED, INFORM YOUR PEEPS, BUSY TIMES...