January 2026 regional war/obs/disco thread

[SouthCoastMA]

3 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

And you have like one, mayybe two, great winters left in your lifetime.

I hope to experience a 96, 05, or 15 again. Though 05 is probably a 1 in a 100 year type season 

[40/70 Benchmark]

49 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

started at 22, now I'm 42. Crazy its been 20 years on these boards, even though I always felt like a newbie. 

25 to 45.

[DavisStraight]

1 hour ago, SouthCoastMA said:

I hope to experience a 96, 05, or 15 again. Though 05 is probably a 1 in a 100 year type season 

2012 was good too.

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

2 hours ago, SouthCoastMA said:

started at 22, now I'm 42. Crazy its been 20 years on these boards, even though I always felt like a newbie. 

My first storm lurking this site was Feb 2013 blizzard. Joined later that year. 19 when I joined and I’ll be 32 in a little over a month. Times flies.

[WinterWolf]

2 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Lots of highs below zero . Chainsaws put away for quite some time . 

That’s insane…no way that happens. That would shatter/obliterate all records.  99.9% chance that won’t verify.  But fun to look at. 

[cleetussnow]

2 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

That’s insane…no way that happens. That would shatter/obliterate all records.  99.9% chance that won’t verify.  But fun to look at. 

Thats pretty sick.  I would need to do some things to keep pipes warm.  

[WinterWolf]

6 minutes ago, cleetussnow said:

Thats pretty sick.  I would need to do some things to keep pipes warm.  

That’s crushing cold…absolutely historic. Extremely low chance of that even coming close to that.  So don’t sweat it. 

[powderfreak]

28” snowpack at 1500ft this evening.

This is a QPF heavy, frozen snowpack too.

I scraped an additional inch off the Barnes Camp board.  The snowpack is respectable in both depth and frozen water at the Stowe base area.

[Torch Tiger]

11 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

28” snowpack at 1500ft this evening.

This is a QPF heavy, frozen snowpack too.

I scraped an additional inch off the Barnes Camp board.  The snowpack is respectable in both depth and frozen water at the Stowe base area.

Is that roughly on point with climo  average depth?

[weathafella]

2 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

25 to 45.

51 on IRC and ne.weather to 55 on wright-weather to 79 now.

[powderfreak]

23 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

Is that roughly on point with climo  average depth?

It’s above average over the last 20 years for mid-January. Plenty of QPF too.

We have had some tough seasons over that time.  Just like SNE.  But this year has produced somehow.

[WxWatcher007]

Big dog cold signal continues 

[WinterWolf]

4 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Big dog cold signal continues 

That would be all time huge Dog….that’s record shattering. 

[MJO812]

What a weenie gfs run

[The 4 Seasons]

3 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

What a weenie gfs run

I was just looking back at a similar one from last year in early Feb that had like 6 snowstorms and 50" of snow I have saved. That worked out well.

Sick run though

[MJO812]

3 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

I was just looking back at a similar one from last year in early Feb that had like 6 snowstorms and 50" of snow I have saved. That worked out well.

Sick run though

[MJO812]

Gefs lighting up like a Christmas tree

[mahk_webstah]

38 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

I was just looking back at a similar one from last year in early Feb that had like 6 snowstorms and 50" of snow I have saved. That worked out well.

Sick run though

This one is coming. It’s been signaled in multiple ways for a long time. A good run is coming.

[Angus]

7 hours ago, powderfreak said:

28” snowpack at 1500ft this evening.

This is a QPF heavy, frozen snowpack too.

I scraped an additional inch off the Barnes Camp board.  The snowpack is respectable in both depth and frozen water at the Stowe base area.

I skied at the Trapp Family Lodge Nordic center yesterday, it was fascinating to watch the snow depth go from a sloppy 6-9" to 28-30" as we skied from 1,350' to their cabin at 2,100'. Beautiful trail network. 

[DavisStraight]

8 hours ago, WinterWolf said:

That’s crushing cold…absolutely historic. Extremely low chance of that even coming close to that.  So don’t sweat it. 

It happens from time to time, I was just looking at a picture on my computer of my therm at -16. I think it was about 10 years ago or so.

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, DavisStraight said:

It happens from time to time, I was just looking at a picture on my computer of my therm at -16. I think it was about 10 years ago or so.

But This would be during the day…at 1pm though. That map was high temps at -16f.  Again, that would be all time brutality. Not happening like that imo. But if it does, just wow. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

1 hour ago, The 4 Seasons said:

I was just looking back at a similar one from last year in early Feb that had like 6 snowstorms and 50" of snow I have saved. That worked out well.

Sick run though

I will go out on a limb and say this one will end better than last year.

[Baroclinic Zone]

8 hours ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

My first storm lurking this site was Feb 2013 blizzard. Joined later that year. 19 when I joined and I’ll be 32 in a little over a month. Times flies.

That’s funny. My first storm lurking the old EUSWx site was the January 2005 blizzard.

[40/70 Benchmark]

1 minute ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

That’s funny. My first storm lurking the old EUSWx site was the January 2005 blizzard.

My joined Eastern on Aug 30th, 2006 and then lurked for a month before starting to post....man, I was a weenie. First winter on here being 2006-2007 was brutal...that was @Stormchaserchuck1's "This will be the warmest winter on record in the east" season, and he was pretty close. December may have been the worst I have ever seen.

[kdxken]

6 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Big dog cold signal continues 

Only a couple days above freezing until February. February arrives with a torch which by then will be much wanted.

[ORH_wxman]

11 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

That’s funny. My first storm lurking the old EUSWx site was the January 2005 blizzard.

I did that storm on WWBB. That was my first winter posting. I had lurked previously…even back to ne.weather in the 2000-01 season. 

[kdxken]

1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said:

I did that storm on WWBB. That was my first winter posting. I had lurked previously…even back to ne.weather in the 2000-01 season. 

Pretty much the same for me except I don't know the exact dates.

[kdxken]

Winter has arrived. 

 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

6z gfs saves scooter’s marriage and his kids still love him…

[NoCORH4L]

So how cold will it actually be, we think?