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

[Baroclinic Zone]

That was fun. Definitely some convective element to those bands. Could see some grauplel in there cleaning off car. Partly cloudy now. Call it 3”

[WxWatcher007]

[Ginx snewx]

20 minutes ago, mreaves said:

No way. He’s usually up and running his 5 miles before 6:00

Not today Mr Eaves. He woke up just in time. We texted him

[Bryan63]

Still going but can see it coming to and end on the radar. Probably the best snow my son has seen to this point in his life after spending the first 3 years in NC. 

[Ginx snewx]

20 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

He must have still had some resin in lungs and smoke in eyes .. I was up and posting and witnessed the whole thing 

You didn't post until we alerted you. Be honest 

[Baroclinic Zone]

The amount of rock salt they dropped in our complex is absurd. I just witnessed the truck make like 8 passes over a parking lot about the size of a baseball diamond and there are a dozed parked vehicles in it.

[HoarfrostHubb]

Just now, Baroclinic Zone said:

The amount of rock salt they dropped in our complex is absurd. I just witnessed the truck make like 8 passes over a parking lot about the size of a baseball diamond and there are a dozed parked vehicles in it.

Send some my way.  My driveway is a rink still.   

[Damage In Tolland]

8 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

You didn't post until we alerted you. Be honest 

I was awake since 5:15. I responded immediately to your text  

[ORH_wxman]

@SouthCoastMA must be getting crushed

 

[bristolri_wx]

Had to measure in a few spots due to the wind blowing things around but 2” here, about a 1/2” in the last band. A little bit of a snow hole here during the first part of the storm.

[ORH_wxman]

@amarshall too. 

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

And the sun is out, just like that 

[Torch Tiger]

Unforgettable event. 3/4"

[ORH_wxman]

Prob been since 1/28/10 since we had overperforming squalls this good down in SNE. That event was better in western and central areas whereas the squalls this time overperformed in east and southeast areas. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

1 minute ago, ORH_wxman said:

Prob been since 1/28/10 since we had overperforming squalls this good down in SNE. That event was better in western and central areas whereas the squalls this time overperformed in east and southeast areas. 

 I think the ULL trough ended up just a bit deeper in the end allowing southern areas to tap into a bit more moisture. Nice event overall. Glad it panned out.

[SouthCoastMA]

7 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

@SouthCoastMA must be getting crushed

 

Absolutely..gotta be 1/8-1/4th visibility with Heavy Snow. Best rates I've seen since at least 1/22.

[Mr. Windcredible!]

3.0” on the nose here on the shoreline. Nice little overachiever to ring in the new year!

[weatherwiz]

NAM crushed this from a few days ago. Those soundings on the NAM for the Cape were pretty sweet

[Fozz]

9 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Prob been since 1/28/10 since we had overperforming squalls this good down in SNE. That event was better in western and central areas whereas the squalls this time overperformed in east and southeast areas. 

Your memory is impeccable, especially for smaller events and their dates. Of course that was just before the mid-Atlantic went full Day After Tomorrow.

[Fozz]

Ended up with around 1.8". I missed seeing the squall but I think we got it for some time around 7:30ish.

Overall a nice start to 2026 that makes up for that rain storm from the other day. 

[ORH_wxman]

3 minutes ago, Fozz said:

Your memory is impeccable, especially for smaller events and their dates. Of course that was just before the mid-Atlantic went full Day After Tomorrow.

That WINDEX event actually ended up being our demise in many ways over the next 7-10 days. It kept the 1/30/10 system well south of us (that was the one that looked like a big NC/S VA hit but trended into a big N VA/MD hit. Fluff bomb.)
 

Then the vortex from that WINDEX event just spun to our northeast with the huge block in place and kept 2/5-6/10 south of us. 

[Cold Miser]

3” of fluff here at Lava lake in Dayville.

Edit:  I was under a decent band earlier.  Whiteout type stuff. 
 

Was just out clearing it. Wind it Brutal. 
 

8” so far for the season. 

[Damage In Tolland]

4.5” in Sturbridge seems to be the jack 

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

3-3.5” just shoveled. Prob got 2-2.5” from the squalls 

[The 4 Seasons]

1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

4.5” in Sturbridge seems to be the jack 

4.8" in Holland cocorahs MA-HD-67

[The 4 Seasons]

Just now, The 4 Seasons said:

4.8" in Holland cocorahs MA-HD-67

right next to Sturbridge from Staffordville 4.3 - Holland 4.8" - Sturbridge 4.5" that tight cluster of reports all line up so gives credit to that staffordville CT report

[CCHurricane]

Conditions in Barnstable were whiteout there for 30 min. Visibility < 100 yards.

[Fozz]

Just now, ORH_wxman said:

That WINDEX event actually ended up being our demise in many ways over the next 7-10 days. It kept the 1/30/10 system well south of us (that was the one that looked like a big NC/S VA hit but trended into a big N VA/MD hit. Fluff bomb.)
 

Then the vortex from that WINDEX event just spun to our northeast with the huge block in place and kept 2/5-6/10 south of us. 

I often wondered if the overall setup/blocking of early Feb 2010 would've normally screwed SNE as badly as it did, or if it was just bad luck.

Like if that exact setup happened again, with the same teleconnections and strength and position of the block, but without that squall event or some other rogue feature creating extra confluence, I imagine SNE would've done pretty well and gotten at least a MECS.

[SouthCoastMA]

1 minute ago, CCHurricane said:

Conditions in Barnstable were whiteout there for 30 min. Visibility < 100 yards.

Yeah 1/8th probably wasn't the peak. Closer to whiteout for a while, agreed

[Damage In Tolland]

1 minute ago, The 4 Seasons said:

right next to Sturbridge from Staffordville 4.3 - Holland 4.8" - Sturbridge 4.5" that tight cluster of reports all line up so gives credit to that staffordville CT report

I think that area got 3” from the squalls