April Snow in the Forecast

04:58PM / Wednesday, April 14, 2021Print Story | Email Story

Main Street in North Adams on Wednesday.

Say goodbye to this burst of spring — Mother Nature prefers a little chaos in her work.

The warm temperatures of Wednesday are about to plummet as a snowstorm — yes a snowstorm — bears down on the Berkshires.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm watch for Pittsfield north and parts of Southern Vermont beginning Thursday evening through Friday night. Total accumulations could reach 6 inches in the higher elevations.

Accuweather is forecasting up to 10 inches with rain all day Thursday and temperatures dipping into the 40s. Thursday night will temperatures dropping into the 30s.

"The Northeast finally gets a brief break from the rain momentarily before we get some crazy weather here in the Northeast," AccuWeather on-air meteorologist Jessica Pash said. "We'll call it weather whiplash."

Following seasonable temperatures on Wednesday, "It's all downhill," Pash said, adding, "Get ready, it's not going to feel like April!"

Cold air coming from the west — which caused widespread wintry weather across the Plains — is moving into the Northeast as rain system works up the coast. Coastal areas will have plenty of rain but areas further inland are expected to get anywhere from 1 to 3 inches snow in the valleys and 6-8 in elevations above 1,500 feet.

There's no guarantee that we'll get plowable snow (hopefully not!) but at the least expect cold, rainy weather for the next few days. Temperatures will be in the 50s and 60s next week.

Latest on the Storm.....
The Breakdown.

TONIGHT: M.cloudy-A Shower or two.

THURSDAY: Rain becoming more widespread by Mid Day....towards evening...HIGHEST elevations may mix with some wet snow. pic.twitter.com/UWGsN8JjzV
— Steve Caporizzo (@SteveCaporizzo) April 14, 2021

WINTER STORM WATCH for heavy wet snow for the Higher Elev to the east-Berkshires and Vermont Green Mountains...mainly above 1500 feet will have the Highest Totals.
Classic Elevation Storm...
Valley Floor Coating to an inch possible on the grass....over 2,000 feet.....up to a foot pic.twitter.com/kupu3ppRgL
— Steve Caporizzo (@SteveCaporizzo) April 14, 2021

A late-season Nor'easter is getting set to take aim at the Northeast on Friday

Unlike in the dead of winter, cold air will be marginal. Snow totals will HIGHLY depend on elevation

1,000' feet may mean the difference between a FOOT
of snow & all rain pic.twitter.com/CYZtO0wOSF
— Greg Diamond (@gdimeweather) April 14, 2021

How about the snow potential? Still looks best across the Monadnock Region and northern Worcester Hills. Could get some 6"+ totals in the higher elevations of the Berkshires and Greens! While snow will be in the air on Friday, most of the accumulating takes place overnight. #wbz pic.twitter.com/8XReahIp7f
— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) April 14, 2021

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Steel Structure Completed, Roof Taking Shape at New Greylock School

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
05:45AM / Thursday, September 17, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The steel work is completed and the roof is taking shape at the new Greylock School.

"Nearly all of the steel is complete. They've essentially demobilized from the site," Todd Ashford, representative with owner's project manager Colliers International, told the School Building Committee on Tuesday. "A couple of big trades that have started their construction are the masonry block on the exterior walls, the exterior metal framing has started, and roofing is anticipated to start in the next, I would say, two weeks."

He said a lot of the masonry block and steel framing on the exteriors should be close to completion by the next meeting. Also, a binder course of asphalt should be down by the first week in October, which should help reduce the dirt and mud coming off the site.

A large slab actually was scheduled to be poured Wednesday to house the HVAC equipment and was expected to take until 7 p.m. Mayor Jennifer Macksey said those residents signed up on the email list were apprised of the after hours work.

The committee also approved invoices for the month and Ashford noted that about $17.8 million in invoices have been paid to date, of which $6.4 million was eligible for reimbursement from the Massachusetts School Building Authority. The MSBA is reimbursing the city for 80 percent of eligible costs, or about $42 million.

Committee member Lisa Blackmer asked if the reimbursements were keeping pace with expenditures.

Macksey said it's been about 30 to 45 days for reimbursement, and so far they've had no problems with reimbursements. Colliers and Nancy Rauscher, director of school finance and operations, have been working well together, she said.

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