New Years Day 2026 - 1st snows of the new year possible

[CoastalWx]

Ginxy area could do relatively well. Srly flow likes to dump moisture down his way. 

[WxWatcher007]

GFS pretty solid up here. Puts out 3-5" of high ratio stuff. 

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, WxWatcher007 said:

GFS pretty solid up here. Puts out 3-5" of high ratio stuff. 

You go Don.  Hope we can grab an inch here. 

[Damage In Tolland]

19 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

You go Don.  Hope we can grab an inch here. 

Easily there 

[Ginx snewx]

10 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Easily there 

 

[Ginx snewx]

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Ginxy area could do relatively well. Srly flow likes to dump moisture down his way. 

Everytime some one says this we whiff.We hope

[Damage In Tolland]

Just took down all the Xmas lights on house and bushes. Some semi buried in snow/ice, but with a few snow events over the next week and cold, didn’t want them to get more buried . If only could get the tree out the house today 

[dendrite]

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Just took down all the Xmas lights on house and bushes. Some semi buried in snow/ice, but with a few snow events over the next week and cold, didn’t want them to get more buried . If only could get the tree out the house today 

Please stay very safe

[Damage In Tolland]

4 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Please stay very safe

Enjoy the ice pack till Morch there 

[Ginx snewx]

Let's go

[ineedsnow]

advisory out.. should be another fun 4am drive tomorrow 

 

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 4
  inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of northern Connecticut, central, eastern,
  southeastern, and western Massachusetts, and northern and southern
  Rhode Island.

* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 1 PM EST Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
  conditions could impact the Wednesday evening and Thursday morning
  commutes.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highest snowfall amounts for the western
  hills of the Tolland Hills of northeast Connecticut and the
  western hills of Worcester County in central Massachusetts.

 

[ORH_wxman]

That seems like a pretty bullish advisory given guidance...

[Kitz Craver]

The duration especially… thought it was a couple hours overnight?

[WinterWolf]

They the pros…meteorology not Modelology .  They see something there…

[Damage In Tolland]

5 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

advisory out.. should be another fun 4am drive tomorrow 

 

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM
EST THURSDAY...

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 2 and 4
  inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph.

* WHERE...Portions of northern Connecticut, central, eastern,
  southeastern, and western Massachusetts, and northern and southern
  Rhode Island.

* WHEN...From 7 PM this evening to 1 PM EST Thursday.

* IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. The hazardous
  conditions could impact the Wednesday evening and Thursday morning
  commutes.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Highest snowfall amounts for the western
  hills of the Tolland Hills of northeast Connecticut and the
  western hills of Worcester County in central Massachusetts.

 

We snow

 

[ineedsnow]

2 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

That seems like a pretty bullish advisory given guidance...

seems like they think there might be some slight upslope ?

[Damage In Tolland]

The TOL and ORH hills down to Moosup do well on SW upslope . We’ve seen it quite a few times over the years 

[ORH_wxman]

1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

The TOL and ORH hills down to Moosup do well on SW upslope . We’ve seen it quite a few times over the years 

Gonna need big ratios I think though to be seeing 3-4" numbers...it's a pretty dry system. Even the upslope spots on the mesos are having trouble squeezing out 2 tenths of liquid. 

[Damage In Tolland]

Just now, ORH_wxman said:

Gonna need big ratios I think though to be seeing 3-4" numbers...it's a pretty dry system. Even the upslope spots on the mesos are having trouble squeezing out 2 tenths of liquid. 

Yeah I don’t think 4” is reasonable but 3” wouldn’t be shocking 

[dendrite]

8 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

They the pros…meteorology not Modelology .  They see something there…

Rip and read?

[dendrite]

An advisory with this map?

[WinterWolf]

Lol..I’ll take my one inch.  

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

I’d be skeptical of advisory amounts outside of SE Mass and the Cape.

System is unbelievably paltry until it gets an ocean assist 

[Damage In Tolland]

4 minutes ago, TauntonBlizzard2013 said:

I’d be skeptical of advisory amounts outside of SE Mass and the Cape.

System is unbelievably paltry until it gets an ocean assist 

Thankfully you’ve been wrong all winter 

[dendrite]

Maybe the SW flow upslope spots (like Ditty) can squeeze out 0.5-1.0” more. There’s some decent lift in the DGZ, albeit brief, and with lower QPF it’s easier to stack 20:1 versus higher amounts (weight/compaction), but I’m not sure I’d be throwing out over 3” outside of the Cape/Maine. 

[WinterWolf]

22 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Thankfully you’ve been wrong all winter 

[Bryan63]

Have to imagine the timing of it all on New Years Eve and people out driving impacts the language being used.

[moneypitmike]

GYX and BOX--possibly already posted.  

 

 

 

[DavisStraight]

39 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

Lol..I’ll take my one inch.  

That's what your girlfriend says.

[dendrite]

1 minute ago, DavisStraight said:

That's what your girlfriend says.

WWGW