First Student Forecast of the Spring Semester

The following forecast is provided by Ginny Akabane, in conjunction with the  instructor, as part of lab work for the Introduction to Meteorology course:

Summary: A cold front will move through overnight with accompanying bands of rain and showers as we transition to more seasonable temperatures for Friday and Saturday. After a relatively minor upper level disturbance brings scattered snow showers through the region Friday night, high pressure will build in over the region bringing us fair weather for the weekend. It will be seasonably cold on Saturday but will become unseasonably mild again on Sunday as the surface high pressure system moves to our east and the clockwise wind flow around the high brings in milder weather on southwest winds.

Thursday Night

Occasional rain and showers this evening through the early morning hours, tapering off toward daybreak. Probability of precipitation near 100%. Total rainfall approx. 0.30 inches.

Mild during the evening but turning sharply colder as the cold front moves through after midnight. Temperatures falling into the 30s countywide by morning.

Breezy with southwest winds at 15-25 mph shifting to northwest after midnight. Some higher gusts to 30-35 mph are likely, particularly over the higher terrain.

Friday

Partly cloudy in the morning, becoming mostly cloudy in the afternoon, breezy and colder. There is the slight chance of a snow shower late in the afternoon. Probability of precipitation 20%.

Temperatures holding fairly steady in the mid 30s in the low elevations of central and northern Berkshire (e.g. Pittsfield, North Adams) low 30s in the hilltowns (e.g. Savoy, Windsor, Peru), and upper 30s in the lower elevations of South County (e.g. Great Barrington, Sheffield).

West, northwest winds at 10-20 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy in the evening with a good chance of some scattered snow showers. Probability of precipitation 50%. A dusting to an inch of accumulation is possible in some locations. Partial clearing after midnight.

Low temperature in the low 20s.

Remaining breezy with northwest winds at 10-20 mph.

Saturday

Partly cloudy and remaining cold but less breezy than Friday.

High temperatures around 30 in the low elevations of central and northern Berkshire (e.g. Pittsfield, North Adams), mid to upper 20s in the hilltowns and low to mid 30s in the lower elevations of South County (e.g. Great Barrington, Sheffield).

Northwest winds at 5-15 mph.

Saturday Night

Clear and seasonably cold.

Low temperatures in the low 20s.

Light northwest winds shifting to southwest after midnight.

Sunday

Mostly sunny and warmer.

High temperature in the low to mid 50s.

Southwest winds at 5-15 mph.