Winter Storm: Two-Hour Delay, 3 to 5 Inches

[Update, 6:10 a.m. Tuesday] Brewster Schools will run on a two-hour delay today.

Share your snow photos using the gallery to the right, and don't forget to check the traffic situation before you leave home.

[Update, 3:15 p.m. Monday] All after-school activities have been canceled for today, according to the district.

Here's another note posted on the BCSD website:

If there is a delay tomorrow, March 19, the parent/teacher conferences at John F Kennedy Elementary School and C.V. Starr Intermediate School will be canceled, and students will be in session all day with a normal dismissal.

[Original story, 11 a.m. Monday] With the official start of spring just days away, forecasters are calling for ice, poor visibility and snow to hit the Brewster area.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter storm warning—which will be in effect from 4 p.m. Monday to 10 a.m. Tuesday—indicating three to five inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain are headed this way.

Here's the NWS forecast as of 11 a.m.:

Monday: A chance of snow, mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 35. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday night: Snow before midnight, then snow, freezing rain, and sleet. Low around 30. East wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Tuesday: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all rain after 1pm. High near 41. East wind 6 to 14 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.