April Storm Could Bring Snow, High Winds and Power Outages

01:57PM / Tuesday, April 02, 2024Print Story | Email Story

Several cities previously lacking snowfall this winter are now in line for a late-season snow as Winter Storm #Tormund tracks toward the Great Lakes and Northeast. This system has already prompted winter alerts with the potential for hazardous conditions.@WXMolly has more: pic.twitter.com/cQjW4uHK14
— The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) April 2, 2024

We were hoping it was just an April fool or that it would go away if we ignored it. But it looks like we really are getting snow, sleet and rain over the next few days.

The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., has issued a winter storm watch beginning Wednesday morning through Thursday night.

North Berkshire and Southern Vermont could see up to 7 inches of snow and sleet and high winds gusting up to 60 mph.

The NWS has "low to moderate" confidence in the snow accumulations but says travel could be difficult and strong winds and the heavy wet snow could mean downed tree branches and power lines.

Accuweather says the nor'easter will bring 3 to 6 inches of snow for North Berkshire and 1 to 3 for Western Mass, but upwards of 2 feet for points north.

AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Joe Lundberg said this storm will have a harsher impact than the one in mid-March in terms of tree and power line damage because of the wet and heavy snow.

The storm system will enter the region today with rain and precipitation isn't expected to end until Friday. The snow is expected to start overnight on Wednesday and through Thursday as the temperatures drop. Some predictions have the worst of the weather to our north but even so, expect at least rain and sleet and a cold spell into the weekend.

Greylock Snow Day is predicting 2 to 6 inches of snow and a 45 percent chance of a snow day on Thursday.

Complex, long, drawn out event... Nasty few days. pic.twitter.com/Otlz2KPfms
— Dan Brown (@dbrownweather) April 2, 2024

[Storm Briefing Wed into Thu] A late season Nor'easter will impact the region Wed into Thu. This will bring the potential for heavy rain with renewed river flooding, wet snow mainly across the high terrain along with strong winds and coastal flooding too. pic.twitter.com/YHqZu3KrQR
— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) April 2, 2024

Here are the latest Key Messages for a developing, strong winter storm that will begin to impact portions of the Great Lakes later today and extend into the Northeast on Wednesday. pic.twitter.com/wE7ZYnNsxY
— NWS Weather Prediction Center (@NWSWPC) April 2, 2024

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Q&A with State Representative Challenger Andrew Fitch

By Stephen DravisiBerkshires Staff
10:01AM / Sunday, August 23, 2026

NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On Sept. 1, voters in the First Berkshire District will decide whether they want to send a new representative to Beacon Hill in Boston.

Andrew Fitch, currently a city councilor in the district's largest municipality — and the commonwealth's smallest city — is challenging former North Adams Mayor John Barrett III, who won the First Berkshire seat in a 2017 special election, in the Democratic Party primary.

There is no Republican on the primary ballot for the First Berkshire seat so the primary will effectively be the election for the seat.

The two candidates met for their only debate on Aug. 13 at Williams College. iBerkshires.com reached out to both candidates to follow up on some of the points raised in the debate and get their thoughts on some other issues facing the district.

Below are excerpts from a conversation with challenger Andrew Fitch:

Question: From the very beginning, you talked about the campaign as a listening experience, and this week you're continuing that with the bike tour …

Andrew Fitch: Knocking on doors that have never been knocked on before. … I was riding through, I believe it was Hinsdale coming into Windsor, and they started to yell at me, 'No!' And then the guy was like, 'Wait a second. That's Andrew Fitch.' They actually knew who I was, and they were actually wanting to chat with me.

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