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Summary: The jet stream will remain zonally oriented (“flat” east to west) and to our south for the next four or five days so we should continue to have cold temperatures and no significant storms until at least Thursday of next week. A series of minor jet stream disturbances will be moving through later in the weekend. There is only the chance for a few scattered snow showers and flurries late Saturday night and during the day Sunday. A period of light snow may develop during Sunday evening with any accumulations on the order of a dusting to 1″. Otherwise, it should be a rather uneventful February weekend (weather wise). It will remain fairly cold, with temperatures below average, with highs in the 20s and overnight lows near zero Friday night and in the low teens Saturday night.

Surface high pressure will build back into the region for Monday through Wednesday with generally fair skies. It will remain cold with high temperatures only in the teens and 20s. It is still uncertain if and how a coastal storm on Thursday will impact Berkshire County. Today it is looking a little more disorganized and less intense than it did yesterday and the long-range models are all over the place both from run to run within models, as well as between different models. I suspect there will be more certainty to that forecast by Monday.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy with the chance of a snow flurry this evening then becoming clear and very cold. Probability of precipitation 20% this evening. No accumulation expected.

Low temperatures near zero.

West-northwesterly winds at 5-10 mph.

Saturday

Mostly sunny in the morning. The sun will be dimmed by increasing high clouds in the afternoon.

High temperatures in the low to mid 20s in Pittsfield; mid 20s in Lee, Stockbridge, Adams, North Adams and Williamstown; mid to upper 20s in Great Barrington and Sheffield and; near 20 over the elevated terrain.

West-northwesterly winds at 5-10 mph.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy and not quite as cold. There is the chance of a snow flurry or snow shower after midnight. Probability of precipitation 20%. No accumulation expected.

Low temperatures in the low teens.

Light northwest winds.

Sunday

Partly sunny in the morning, mostly cloudy in the afternoon. There is the chance of a snow shower or flurry, particularly late in the day. Probability of precipitation 30%. No accumulation expected.

High temperatures in the low 20s in Pittsfield; low to mid 20s in Adams, North Adams, Williamstown, Lee and Stockbridge; mid 20s in Great Barrington and Sheffield and; near 20 over the elevated terrain.

Light northwesterly winds.

Sunday Night

There is a good chance that a period of light snow will develop during the evening. Probability of precipitation 50%. Any snowfall accumulations will most likely be a dusting to 1″.