Kick-Off '25-'26 Winter Storm Obs

[NW_of_GYX]

7.5” event total 

[wokeupthisam]

5.0" final.  Beautiful morning out there for clearing driveway and pathways, frozen ground and fluffy snow ftw

[Cyclone-68]

Feather dusting on the grass when I woke up 

[DomNH]

Just enough ZR and PL last night to make things miserable to clean up. Seems like every storm the past couple seasons is an icy mess and it's wearing me out. 

[dendrite]

34 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said:

For Merrimack maybe, and for the forum.  Who got 12.5?  Highland Mountain?
Haven’t gone out to measure, but given that I measured 5 inches I think 5 o’clock and we shoveled it and there’s a good bit more in there. I’m guessing probably 7 1/2 or maybe eight here.  A really good first snow, especially with cold air for a while and probably some small events to refresh it and keep it nice.

I think it’s the usual inflator. Toss it. 

But I just meant the jackpot zone. There was no epic banding, but the ones we had kept lining up over this area. 

[Lava Rock]

Ended with 8.5". Decent first event.

[rimetree]

My scotch pine is feeling it this morning. Second round last night added another 2.5”. Ended at 6” total.

[Ginx snewx]

47 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

When in doubt it is always "Congrats Dendrite". Never forget this.

 

 

[metagraphica]

Trace of snow sometime over night. Already melted in the sunny spots.  .01" for the year.

[mahk_webstah]

36 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I think it’s the usual inflator. Toss it. 

But I just meant the jackpot zone. There was no epic banding, but the ones we had kept lining up over this area. 

A little bit better for you, but it wasn’t obvious to me looking at the radar. 7 inches on the ground this morning and most spots. So probably with settling we had about 7 1/2.

[AstronomyEnjoyer]

7.3" total here in Bradford. Not too bad.

[tamarack]

Had constant SN from 7:15 AM thru 11:30 PM as the temp slowly climbed from 17 to 23, finishing with 6.9" on 0.49" LE, 14:1 ratio.  However, it was like 2 different storms; by 4:30 we had only 2" of tiny flakes.  I didn't take a core then, but it was like walking on cornmeal, probably no higher ratio than 8:1.  Then the dendrites began to look better and by 9 the total was 5.2" on 0.43" LE, probably close to 20:1.  The board held 1.7" this morning with only 0.06" LE and given the fluff, the post-9 PM might've been 2" if I'd gone out at midnight.  Very little wind as of now, so the fir and hemlocks are loaded.

[Cold Miser]

39 minutes ago, metagraphica said:

Trace of snow sometime over night. Already melted in the sunny spots.  .01" for the year.

Slightly more than 0.0" here as well. 

[wxeyeNH]

The have's and have nots....

[powderfreak]

1 hour ago, dendrite said:

I think it’s the usual inflator. Toss it. 

But I just meant the jackpot zone. There was no epic banding, but the ones we had kept lining up over this area. 

Must've been some decent band in the upper CT Valley too... radar dead zone but pretty impressive totals right in the upper valley for spots that usually aren't that snowy relative to the rest.

7-10" zone right along the VT/NH border.

[Layman]

A nice, festive 6”-7” here. All light and fluffy with no signs of ice. Interesting that we stayed ice/rain free here while it sounds like Nashua got into it a bit. Usually the exact opposite over the past few years. 
I don’t trust the precision of this gauge but here it is for reference. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

https://easternmassweather.blogspot.com/2025/12/exceedingly-difficult-forecast-yields.html

B-

[Layman]

3 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

https://easternmassweather.blogspot.com/2025/12/exceedingly-difficult-forecast-yields.html

B-

Nice job with this one.  

[HIPPYVALLEY]

2 hours ago, MarkO said:

Rub it in, haha

Generally, if there is sleet or freezing rain during a snowstorm, it finds Greenfield. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

8 minutes ago, Layman said:

Nice job with this one.  

Thanks. I would have loved to have waited until Monday, and the results reflected why.

[dendrite]

46 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Must've been some decent band in the upper CT Valley too... radar dead zone but pretty impressive totals right in the upper valley for spots that usually aren't that snowy relative to the rest.

7-10" zone right along the VT/NH border.

You could see it a bit through there on the fringes of ENX and GYX for a few hours. Definitely a fun event. Deep winter and Christmas vibe out there right now.

[mahk_webstah]

All day snows that start 1st thing in the morning are rare and awesome.  Great first storm and hopefully a good omen.

[dendrite]

3 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said:

All day snows that start 1st thing in the morning are rare and awesome.  Great first storm and hopefully a good omen.

I planted a bunch of young pawpaw trees this fall. I’d love to keep pack now through March for the extra insulation.

29° right now but 36° and 37° on the 4” and 8” soil sensors.

[subdude]

Solid 6" here in Gardner. I don't see much meltoff coming either as the next cold front rolls in. 

[mahk_webstah]

6 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I planted a bunch of young pawpaw trees this fall. I’d love to keep pack now through March for the extra insulation.

29° right now but 36° and 37° on the 4” and 8” soil sensors.

That is good.  Ground will freeze less and more slowly?

[dendrite]

7 minutes ago, mahk_webstah said:

That is good.  Ground will freeze less and more slowly?

I’ve had those sensors never go below 33° all winter when the pack is deep enough. Where the ground is exposed it freezes deep though. I clear grassy areas for the chickens all winter and come April the cleared areas are usually about a half foot higher than the ground that was under pack because of how much it froze and heaved upward.