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Cold Air Over Midwest Bring Chilly, Rainy Weekend for Berkshires
04:39PM / Thursday, November 11, 2021
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Enjoy these few days of mild weather because a polar vortex is nipping at the region.
 
A strong cold front pushing through the Midwest and southern Canada is expected to dump snow to the south and west of the Berkshires. 
 
But, the area will be getting the colder temperatures and heavy rain over the weekend. 
 
According to Accuweather, "as a ripple in the jet stream moves from the eastern Great Lakes into the Northeast on Saturday, spotty showers are likely in much of the region. Outside of the very highest elevations where a few snowflakes may fall, most of the precipitation should still be in the form of rain."
 
The jet stream will make a large loop from Kentucky and Tennessee up and over New England, pushing a warm front ahead of it and pulling windy and colder weather behind. 
 
 
The National Weather Service in Albany, N.Y., is predicting that the heaviest rainfall will be over the northern mid-Atlantic and Northeast, "where high rain rates could lead to isolated instances of runoff and flash flooding." The Weather Prediction Center has issued a "Marginal Risk of Excessive Rainfall" for portions of the Northeast effective Friday morning through Saturday morning.
 
NWS has also issued a hazardous weather outlook for Western Mass and Southern Vermont with wind gusts of 40 mph possible. Moderate to heavy rainfall is expected Friday and there's a potential for severe thunderstorms in South Berkshire. 
 
Temperatures over the weekend should remain in the 50s and high 40s but are expected to drop slightly on Monday bringing the potential for — wait for it — snow showers. 
 
The rest of the week should be partly sunny with temperatures more usual for November.  
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