Kick-Off '25-'26 Winter Storm Obs

[dendrite]

6.0” on the nose

 

 

[ORH_wxman]

Icy…serves me right for forgetting to put the grill cover back on last night…that driveway/walkway glare is nasty right now 

 

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said:

Icy…serves me right for forgetting to put the grill cover back on last night…that driveway/walkway glare is nasty right now 

 

Lol…I know what you mean.
Grilled Sunday evening in the light rain…and I put the cover back on in the light rain afterwards...even though I didn’t want to lol.  

[Torch Tiger]

Light zr in chelmsford.

[WinterWolf]

8 minutes ago, Kitz Craver said:

Man it is an icy, slushy mess out there

Sure is.

[Go Kart Mozart]

3 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Icy…serves me right for forgetting to put the grill cover back on last night…that driveway/walkway glare is nasty right now 

 

I like the decorations.  Nothing says holiday cheer like nice lights, wooden soldiers, and a layer of ice!

[mahk_webstah]

5” snow has lightened up and looks like the radar is opening up to our west so maybe this is subsidence? between an interior deformation ban and coastal front band?

[dendrite]

1 minute ago, mahk_webstah said:

5” snow has lightened up and looks like the radar is opening up to our west so maybe this is subsidence? between an interior deformation ban and coastal front band?

Looks like it. Although it’s trying to push back up north to you. 

[Damage In Tolland]

Reach around gone except E MA?

[ORH_wxman]

3 minutes ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

I like the decorations.  Nothing says holiday cheer like nice lights, wooden soldiers, and a layer of ice!

Yeah the ice is kind of nasty when you walk outside, but I won't lie and say having just that glaze shining and the very small layer of snow sugar coating the ground does keep it more festive.

Keeping fingers crossed for a couple inches late this evening with the departing CCB. 

[HoarfrostHubb]

Wachusett is ripping (thanks Bob)

https://www.wachusett.com/the-mountain/media-center/webcams/

 

[Sugarloaf1989]

32F with freezing rain.  Ice accumulation on trees.

[J Paul Gordon]

30/28 at 4:45 PM in Clinton MA  4" on the ground. Light NE wind. Mixture of sleet and freezing rain with a few icy snowflakes coming down now.

[ORH_wxman]

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Reach around gone except E MA?

RAP has some stuff back your way...maybe a coating to an inch if lucky. HRRR not as enthused...more like flurries. Reggie was more like the RAP...maybe C-1" there? Would be mostly between prob 9pm-2am. 

[CT Valley Snowman]

Had 2" here before the flip  Better than a shutout.  At least things look wintry some snow and a layer of glaze.  

[40/70 Benchmark]

30.7...was up to 31.1.

Frz rain and IP after 1.5" of snow.

[met_fan]

Up to about 5" in Easthampton, trying to flip back to all snow

[Damage In Tolland]

2 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

RAP has some stuff back your way...maybe a coating to an inch if lucky. HRRR not as enthused...more like flurries. Reggie was more like the RAP...maybe C-1" there? Would be mostly between prob 9pm-2am. 

I’ll plan on the HRRR I guess. Today was one of the worst and most frustrating days of my wx life . 32. Something all day with rain . 

[mahk_webstah]

10 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Looks like it. Although it’s trying to push back up north to you. 

Yeah I assume I’ll pass 6 inches but it might be painfully slow.  But Jeff is getting the whole hog.

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

5 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

RAP has some stuff back your way...maybe a coating to an inch if lucky. HRRR not as enthused...more like flurries. Reggie was more like the RAP...maybe C-1" there? Would be mostly between prob 9pm-2am. 

I’ll be honest. I’m having a tough time imagining/ finding anything that would point to anything more than a few flakes to end here.

[40/70 Benchmark]

Wankum is such a dipshit..."The snow didn't really add up because of the warm ground since we just came out of all"...either that, or snow growth was putrid and it changed to ice and rain

[HIPPYVALLEY]

[moneypitmike]

FTW:

Tonight

Snow and rain this afternoon, then snow. Additional snow accumulation of 5 to 8 inches. Total snow accumulation 3 to 8 inches. Lows in the mid 20s. North winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation near 100 percent.

[40/70 Benchmark]

34 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Yeah it did, it seemed like though when we radiated last night, models were way too aggressive to erode it. Even here.

Just can't win....I manage to pull out a victory over the ocean in early December, and the mid levels pork me.  How many ways to suck a d1ck...Mother Nature intends to have me find out.

[Greg]

8 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Wankum is such a dipshit..."The snow didn't really add up because of the warm ground since we just came out of all"...either that, or snow growth was putrid and it changed to ice and rain

Your answer is more than likely dead on correct. This storm never really got going nor had the dynamics to it. Relatively poor model performance from both the medium and short ranges.

[dryslot]

Getting into some heavier 20dbz rates now, -SN, 22/21°F, 4.8" snow

[jculligan]

30/28 -SNPL 3.0" total so far.

Looks like some solid echoes are about to move in, but I feel like we're going to be dancing with the mix line for the next several hours now.

[wx2fish]

Just now, jculligan said:

30/28 -SNPL 3.0" total so far.

Looks like some solid echoes are about to move in, but I feel like we're going to be dancing with the mix line for the next several hours now.

Same here just west of you. Went mostly sleet for a bit, but some flakes in there now. Maybe we can erode the warm layer with a little better lift. 

[Sugarloaf1989]

Freezing rain and 32F. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

6 minutes ago, Greg said:

Your answer is more than likely dead on correct. This storm never really got going nor had the dynamics to it. Relatively poor model performance from both the medium and short ranges.

All of the OMEGA and moisture was above the SGZ...I pointed that out in guidance on Sunday.