bristolri_wx

I haven’t seen anything in the last 12 hours that leads me to believe that the forecast is locked in yet. It’s a large complex storm made of moving parts that in some cases haven’t formed yet. The low formation southeast of us is still oscillating to various degrees, which is leading to a wide variety of outcomes, even in the different scenarios that don’t lead to a large snowstorm for us. Impacts in western New England will be low, unless something dramatically changes. However central and eastern NE could be impacted heavily depending on today’s model output. Next 3-4 forecast cycles will probably become more consistent, especially as data sampling of the different parts improve. Most can make their decisions before bedtime this evening.

Considering the atmospheric scenario and the number of moving parts, there's a higher risk for this than usual on a 4 day forecast. I truly wouldn't dismiss any scenario for another 48 hours.

That's a tight gradient... the ultimate melt storm as visualized...

40dbz echoes in that band when it was in your area. Crazy!

Had some whiteout conditions for about 10 minutes…

Holy cow it’s coming down… pounding.

Looks like those other bands are running out of gas as they swing southeast…

Coming down nicely here. Moderate snow, 20 degrees. Maybe I can add on another inch or two to today’s final measurement.

Here comes the grand finale!

Apple Weather App: Is anyone’s current temp way off? Mine has been +5-8 for over 24 hours. Seems like it’s reporting the forecasted temp (which has been off here) or for a location nowhere near me. Multiple devices, and manually picked the locations, and still running way to warm. Anyone else seeing similar?

I don’t believe we got “true” sleet here either. What fell after 9PM was just very icy snow with normal flakes mixed in. I’ve seen sleet here before, and what was coming down was not sleet. Maybe closer to the coast it was more of the normal pinger variety…

Dropped 10 degrees in about 25 minutes. Checked a few PWS and they all show the same when winds switched NW.

Was more interested in a final report from Newport. Around 12?

14.5 here in Bristol.

Back to moderate snow. 26.

14" here in Bristol after measuring a few spots. A mix of snow and sleet. 27. Windy and snow is blowing and drifting. Nicest storm here in a while. Did a first pass with the snow blower but will need to do a round 2 tomorrow.

That sleet keeps wanting to progress north, and it keeps getting knocked back. Fascinating to watch on the CC radar...

I like how that little snow just southwest of RI tracked all the way from PA, over LI... CODNEXLAB-GOES-East-subregional-New_England-comp_radar-00_20Z-20260126_map_noBar-100-1n-10-100.mp4

Just switched over to more icy snow in the last 15 minutes. Up to 25 degrees. Getting windier.