January 2026 OBS and Discussion

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

Forecast low was 15 it's now 10. 
Cloud cover expected around midnight. I would expect temperatures to level off or rise after that. 

[Prue11]

22 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

A little January thaw never hurt anyone 

We’ve had some of our best snows after a warm up 

[IrishRob17]

1 hour ago, IrishRob17 said:

Forecasted low is 16 here and I'm at 10 and continue dropping. 

Down to 7

[Prue11]

Road trip ?

[CPcantmeasuresnow]

19 minutes ago, Prue11 said:

Road trip ?

This is a bucket list item for me.

We live 200-250 miles from the greatest lake effect area anywhere and I still haven't been up there to experience one of the classics.

[Krs4Lfe]

1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

Meh

We have warmth from April to September and sometimes even earlier or later. No need to thaw during winter.

[Bxstormwatcher360]

Snow tonight??..radar is looking interesting..my guess would be a disturbance swinging thru.

[psv88]

Down to 14 now. Coldest of the winter 

[snywx]

9/1 right now 

4” of snow cover

23.3” ytd. 

awesome start to this winter season

[MJO812]

1 hour ago, Krs4Lfe said:

We have warmth from April to September and sometimes even earlier or later. No need to thaw during winter.

Exactly 

[MJO812]

1 hour ago, Bxstormwatcher360 said:

Snow tonight??..radar is looking interesting..my guess would be a disturbance swinging thru.

More clippers. Another one Sunday. 

[Stormlover74]

Back up to 20 with flurries 

[Bxstormwatcher360]

7 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

More clippers. Another one Sunday. 

This one is gaining juice as it hits the coast tho. The radar looks great rn. The upper air disturbance is currently west of dc moving east towards the ocean. 

[SnowGoose69]

Well the GEFS the last 2-3 runs is really moving towards the GEPS/EPS in the D8-10 period ejecting the trof/building the ridge out near the west coast.

[Prue11]

1 hour ago, MJO812 said:

More clippers. Another one Sunday. 

Why do you keep posting about Sunday? It’s a no go for this area 

[Snowlover11]

Light snow falling in yonkers

[Bxstormwatcher360]

Light snow falling here. 

[coastalplainsnowman]

8 hours ago, RU848789 said:

Ice?  Was able to broom this light powdery snow off very easily.  

Yeah.  Maybe what fell at first for me was melting before the temperature dropped.   Per KFRG's hourly temps, and from what I've gathered here about the timing, looks like the temps were just above freezing for hours before the event, was about 35 at the outset and 28 by the time it ended.