January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread

[met_fan]

6 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

 

Are those numbers up to date? I know the official Albany snowfall is up to 23, not 19.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

So far, this winter has been "wintery", just in a somewhat frustrating manner.  I expect a decent January. 

[WinterWolf]

5 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

So far, this winter has been "wintery", just in a somewhat frustrating manner.  I expect a decent January. 

A wintry non frustrating January then. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

A wintry non frustrating January then. 

Not necessarily.  Wintery but frustration potential abounds.    LOL

[WinterWolf]

17 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

Not necessarily.  Wintery but frustration potential abounds.    LOL

Actually I’m not frustrated here after the 8.5” dump back on Friday.  So I’m frustration free. 

[weathafella]

28 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Actually I’m not frustrated here after the 8.5” dump back on Friday.  So I’m frustration free. 

This winter has been mixed.  Low snow but plenty of cold.  Roads and walkways are dry now save for the odd ice patch and small snow pile.  Tomorrow night will mess that up.  I’m ready for a mild stretch unless we can manufacture some snow that’s significant.

[WinterWolf]

21 minutes ago, weathafella said:

This winter has been mixed.  Low snow but plenty of cold.  Roads and walkways are dry now save for the odd ice patch and small snow pile.  Tomorrow night will mess that up.  I’m ready for a mild stretch unless we can manufacture some snow that’s significant.

Average/normal snow with plenty of cold for some so far.  And yes, Low snow for others in SE and NE Mass..except the Cape….they’re doing quite well so far. 

[Snowedin]

https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/boston-weather-wind-chills-temperature-massachusetts/

This would explain the chopper I heard circling overheard this morning. Thought I heard something come crashing down in the woods late last night. That wind was whipping like crazy!

[40/70 Benchmark]

4 hours ago, WinterWolf said:

Just watched BAM Weather video for today the 30th…guy is good. Gives some very good insight on the upcoming set up…and actually uses some real Meteorology to interpret the modeling…instead of just Modelology.  Certainly one of the Better and more professional YouTube weather videos to watch. No hype. 

Yea, I agree with him on late month...just wish we hadn't wasted so much season beforehand. 

[WinterWolf]

2 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Yea, I agree with him on late month...just wish we hadn't wasted so much season beforehand. 

Also doesn’t mean nothing before that time either though…but I found him knowledgeable and real. 

[ineedsnow]

6z NAM trending towards something for Sunday it looks like

[ineedsnow]

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Another 1-4” event 

Probably.meh but models have been trending north a bit

[ineedsnow]

If we could get that northern stream to dive in a bit more it could make things interesting 

[Damage In Tolland]

1 minute ago, ineedsnow said:

Probably.meh but models have been trending north a bit

Seems like another decent event like tonight. Each one of these models have, lose and then pick back up as they get closer 

[Sey-Mour Snow]

2 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

6z NAM trending towards something for Sunday it looks like

GFS is like 150 miles north every run since yesterday, a few more moves like that and we have something, still 4.5 days out ... Heres GEFS trend 

 

[dendrite]

1 hour ago, ineedsnow said:

If we could get that northern stream to dive in a bit more it could make things interesting 

It’s not that close. I think the best hope is to get the southern system close enough and then elicit some pressure falls as the northern stream vortmax approaches and trigger another inverted trough. When you loop H5/vorticity there really doesn’t seem to be a chance for the northern piece to be able to dive in and phase in time at our longitude. 

[dendrite]

We’re in a lot of NW flow with numerous potent northern stream shortwaves, but given the flow and the frequency of them we can’t get enough spacing nor enough digging in time for bigger systems. That’s a really strong vortmax coming through tomorrow, but there’s another one on its heels over Lake Ontario while it’s over us. 

[CoastalWx]

Eh to the overnight runs. Looks like we warm up after day 10 or so.

[CoastalWx]

Check that, after a week out. 

[WinterWolf]

Well everybody wanted the clippers back.  Some folks were saying last year and the years prior, it was being said that it’s odd they don’t seem to exist anymore; you never see them anymore was the talk etc etc.  

And of course now this year we got em in earnest….everywhere, and every few days. 

[WinterWolf]

6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Eh to the overnight runs. Looks like we warm up after day 10 or so.

That’ll mute and be short lived like all the other warm ups have this year.  Now, Go on vacation. 

[kdxken]

4 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

That’ll mute and be short lived like all the other warm ups have this year.  Now, Go on vacation. 

I thought nobody knew? You seem definitive

[kdxken]

6 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

That’ll mute and be short lived like all the other warm ups have this year.  Now, Go on vacation. 

 

[WinterWolf]

2 minutes ago, kdxken said:

I thought nobody knew? You seem definitive

Just going by the trend so far this season Ken…c’mon, get with the program. 

[WinterWolf]

Just now, kdxken said:

 

Short lived. 

[kdxken]

1 minute ago, WinterWolf said:

Just going by the trend so far this season Ken…c’mon, get with the program. 

 

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, kdxken said:

 

You’ve become quite the X weather geek lately…

[CoastalWx]

I’m bringing the torch back. 

[CoastalWx]

Just now, kdxken said:

 

This time it’s more of a SE ridge vs the weird conus ridge dome. 

[kdxken]

Just now, CoastalWx said:

I’m bringing the torch back. 

Appreciate it.