[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...

[7:15AM MON 1/8/24] FLOOD WATCHES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR ALL OF WMASS, CMASS, AND NORTHERN CT... HIGH WIND WATCHES HAVE BEEN HOISTED FOR BERKSHIRE COUNTY MA, BENNINGTON COUNTY VT AND THE ADJACENT TACONICS OF EASTERN NY... TODAY IS OUR SEASONABLY COLD, MOSTLY SUNNY CALM BEFORE THE NEXT STORM... CLEAR YOUR STREET DRAINS *TODAY AND TOMORROW*... HIGH TERRAIN ACCUMULATING SNOW TOMORROW NIGHT, CHANGING TO RAIN EVERYWHERE... SOUTHERN VT MTNS MAY SEE HEAVY SNOW EARLY WITH SOME OUTAGES... LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS LATE WED/THURS, THEN MORE SNOW/RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SAT, THEN COLDER... HIGH AMPLITUDE WEATHER...

[8:05AM SUN: 1/7/24] MORE SNOW ON THE WAY TODAY... PERIODS OF ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED, SOMETIMES HEAVY, WITH UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR WITH ROUND 2, MOSTLY DURING THE PERIOD OF 10AM-4PM... UP TO 10" IN THE VALLEY, AND UP TO A FOOT IN NORTHWEST CT... ADDITIONAL ISOLATED OUTAGES POSSIBLE WITH SNOW LOADED TREES/LINES FROM WET SNOW OVERNIGHT... WINTER STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE... PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR SNOW TOTALS THIS MORNING...

[8:05AM SAT: 1/6/24] SNOWSTORM INCOMING, WINTER STORM WARNINGS CONTINUE REGION-WIDE... FIRST SNOW SHOWERS ARRIVE 4-7PM, SNOW BECOMES MODERATE TO HEAVY 8-10PM, AND SHOULD BE RIPPING FOR MOST BY MIDNIGHT... FIRST HEAVY BURST ENDS BY SUNRISE... THEN ANOTHER MODERATE SNOW PERIOD LATE MORNING THROUGH AFTERNOON, QUITTING AFTER SUNSET... WIDESPREAD 6-12", SOME AREAS 4-8", AND SOME EAST-FACING HIGH TERRAIN AREAS UP TO 15"... A BREAK MONDAY, THEN HIGH TERRAIN SNOW THUMP TUESDAY NIGHT TO HEAVY RAIN, HIGH WIND, AND FLOODING INTO WEDNESDAY, AND ANOTHER STORM ON SATURDAY... IT'S GO TIME...

[7:15AM THU 1/4/24] COLD CALM BEFORE THE STORM... WINTER STORM WATCHES CONTINUE REGION-WIDE... COLD/SUNNY TODAY, WIND SLACKENS... COLD TONIGHT... CLOUDS TOMORROW, SNOW SHOWERS ARRIVE NEAR SUNSET INTO EARLY EVENING... SNOW FALLS MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES LATE SAT. NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING... SUNDAY CARRIES UNCERTAINTY IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS... MONDAY IS A BREAK, THEN SNOW TO RAIN, WIND AND POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY... ANOTHER STORM NEXT WEEKEND... STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES FROM THIS RESOURCE/PAGE...

[7:05AM WED 1/3/24] CLOUDS INCREASE INTO TONIGHT WITH A FEW SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH... BLUSTERY AND COLD LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY, DRY... CLOUDS INCREASE ON SATURDAY... POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW CONTINUES FOR SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY... ANOTHER STORM LOOMS FOR MID-WEEK, COULD BE SNOW TO RAIN...

[6:48AM TUES 1/2/24] SUNSHINE CONTINUES THROUGH SATURDAY AS A REBALANCING OF THAT OLD, DREARY PATTERN THAT ENDED 2023... THURSDAY IS THE ONE EXCEPTION WITH A FEW SNOW OR RAIN SHOWERS AND CLOUDS... COLDER LEADING INTO THE WEEKEND... THEN WE WATCH SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY FOR A POTENTIAL SNOWSTORM, UNCERTAINTY REMAINS...

8:25AM MONDAY: HAPPY NEW YEAR! TRANQUIL DAY WITH MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS... FAIR AND SEASONABLY COLD WEATHER CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT... LIGHT RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT MAY COAT THE GROUND IN SOME PLACES... COLDER FRIDAY/SATURDAY, THEN WE ENTER A STORMIER PERIOD WITH 3 STORM CHANCES INTO MID-JANUARY WITH SOME POTENTIAL FOR SNOW ON THIS COMING SUNDAY...

[8:35AM SUN 12/31/23] NEW YEAR'S EVE FUN IS GREENLIGHTED, AND SO IS NEW YEAR'S DAY WITH DRY, TRANQUIL, AND SEASONALLY COOL CONDITIONS WHICH LAST THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A FEW RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS STORM LIKELY PHASES TOO FAR EAST... FRI/SAT LOOK CALM... MONITORING POTENTIAL WINTER STORM FOR NEXT SUNDAY... 15 YEARS SOBER TODAY, THX FOR GIVING ME A PURPOSE AND A REASON TO STAY THE COURSE...

[7:35AM SAT: 12/30/23] SUNSHINE RETURNS BY TOMORROW WITH SCATTERED MORNING RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING, WITH SOME LIGHT COATINGS TO AN INCH IN SVT AND PARTS OF THE BERKSHIRES/W.HILLS... OTHERWISE WE'RE DRYING BY AFTERNOON... POSSIBLE NICE SUNSET TONIGHT... COLDER AND SUNNIER FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE AND DAY (THOUGH SOME CLOUDS SOUTH ON JAN 1), WITH TRANQUIL WEATHER UNTIL THURSDAY...

[7:12AM FRI 12/29/23] SCATTERED SHOWERS TODAY AND TONIGHT, CHANGING TO SNOW SHOWERS IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN VT WHERE FRESH COATINGS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF THE CT RIVER IN THE MOUNTAINS BY MID-DAY SATURDAY... PATCHY FOG BREAKS UP THIS MORNING... PEEKS OF SATURDAY SUN POSSIBLE AS A FRONT CLEARS THIS STAGNANT, MOIST AIR MASS FROM THE REGION IN TIME FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE AND DAY... A BIT COOLER INTO NEXT WEEK WITH A WINTRY STORM SIGNAL TO WATCH FOR LATE NEXT WEEK...