Kick-Off '25-'26 Winter Storm Obs

[Great Snow 1717]

3:30 update from the Winter Wonderland aka Rainthuen....1.5 inches of snow and sleet. Awful flake size and light precip for the most part killed any chance for a better snowfall. Final total will depend on the always reliable "back end" snow ....

[moneypitmike]

Damn early sunsets....won't be able to judge intensity. 

On the upside, with the sun setting the snow might start sticking to the roads.

[HoarfrostHubb]

Close to 4.5” here.  Almost 2” in the last 2 hours. 

[moneypitmike]

Visibility is dropping.....probably the last time I can say that today without it really being because it's getting dark. 

[MarkO]

Just noticed rain drops on the window. Freezing ran/sleet 30.7F in Lowell. Looks like we got between 1.5 and 2" before hte flip.

[met_fan]

Getting sleet mixing in now

[DomNH]

Mix line on the CC is creeping up to the 495 belt of the MV now. Rates and flake size still mostly blow here. 

[Damage In Tolland]

7 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

Damn early sunsets....won't be able to judge intensity. 

On the upside, with the sun setting the snow might start sticking to the roads.

Same here as the 32.8 rainfall rate increases 

[moneypitmike]

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

Same here as the 32.8 rainfall rate increases 

I hope you're awake and posting when you flip to snow.

[WinterWolf]

It’s been freezing rain here for about 2.5 hrs or so…have some good accretion…trees all coated nice and anything that’s not treated is ice. Temp was 31, and just went to 32. Nasty day. 

[Great Snow 1717]

7 minutes ago, DomNH said:

Mix line on the CC is creeping up to the 495 belt of the MV now. Rates and flake size still mostly blow here. 

light sleet mixed with some rain in the area..

[WxWatcher007]

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

It’s been freezing rain here for about 2.5 hrs or so…have some good accretion…trees all coated nice and anything that’s not treated is ice. Temp was 31, and just went to 32. Nasty day. 

Just hit 32.0 at WXW1. 

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

How much snow did Foxborough get? Have they stayed on top of keeping the roads clear?

[UnitedWx]

It's just mixed back to mostly moderate snow in Westfield.

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Just hit 32.0 at WXW1. 

Raw and cold and damp with freezing rain…about as uncomfortable as it gets out there right now. Yup same temp here Don…cold hung real tough all day.  

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, UnitedWx said:

It's just mixed back to mostly moderate snow in Westfield.

Nice. Ice and sleet here today. At least the cold over performed for a lot of us. 

[Damage In Tolland]

14 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

I hope you're awake and posting when you flip to snow.

Yeah that’s not happening here . Bare ground as far as eye can see . Should be great and enjoyable to look out and enjoy Friday morning when it’s 4 degrees and winds gusting to 40

[ineedsnow]

snow is getting wetter now.. hopefully we can knock some stuff down later

[Hailstoned]

A bit over 3" here in Monson, MA before we lost Cottontail in favor of Flopsy and Mopsy.

[radarman]

We had an hour of light rn or zr and back to moderate snow for the last 20 mins

[CoastalWx]

Mixing into SnH now. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Snow growth really improving in these bands. 3.25”

 

 

[wokeupthisam]

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

What a weird event. 

Very weird.  Been 'snowing' since 7am, looking at 2-2.5" so far.

24° very light snow continues 

[WxWatcher007]

5 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Nice. Ice and sleet here today. At least the cold over performed for a lot of us. 

Another truly awful performance by some models at short range, but the writing was on the wall with the extent of cold and low dews. Tip of the cap to…Tip, who saw the ZR potential. That’ll cost me some points in my forecast final grade. 

[Sugarloaf1989]

31F with freezing rain. 

[jculligan]

30/28 -SN 2.8" total so far in Salem NH. Watching that mix line creeping toward us.

[DomNH]

Man the snowgrowth is just putrid. You could see it coming but it still hurts to watch. 

[dendrite]

25.7° SN

5.9”

[ineedsnow]

Just over 4.5 

[moneypitmike]

It's 46* right now at the new Pit.  Such an easy forecast for down there.