12/31-1/1 Possible Snow Showers/Squalls to Start 2026

[GreyHat]

Woke up to a nice dusting here as well. Happy New Year 

[mappy]

Snow

[nj2va]

Glad to read the reports of the squall!

Currently 9 degrees and a bluebird day with 8-9” of fresh powder.

Happy 2026 yall!

[clskinsfan]

6 hours ago, Wxtrix said:

phone wx alert about an hour ago woke us up, then the squall woke us up when the power briefly went out. everything is covered. 

it was pretty impressive with nearly whiteout conditions.

 

It was nice to get that alert. I jumped up and watched us get absolutely demolished. Then right back to sleep.

[WEATHER53]

Nice coating everywhere

one full shade spot still has a “drift”  29F

 

[Wxtrix]

49 minutes ago, clskinsfan said:

It was nice to get that alert. I jumped up and watched us get absolutely demolished. Then right back to sleep.

the first one was about 45-60 minutes before the line came through and the second one was after we'd settled back to sleep after the squall, lol.

 

Martinsburg gusted to 43.

[mappy]

Cleaned up driveway and a good .25 in sheltered spots 

[J.Mike]

It only snowed on my frozen pond. Weird.

[MillvilleWx]

Got woken up to the squalls moving through early this morning. Absolutely smoked. Shook the house. The snow coated everything in an inch of its life. A great start to 2026 imo. 
 

Kudos to the hi-res that were on this potential from 36-48 hrs out. This was a strong axis of PVA coupled with impressive PBL dynamics. One thing I learned many years ago with talking to Bernie Rayno at the AMS Conference in Phoenix in 2015, while drinking and nerding out over winter weather….fresh injections of Arctic air tend to bring fresh coatings of white in their paths. This was no different.  
 

Happy to see all the cool reports and for some of these pics out of Western MD depicting a winter wonderland @nj2va

Happy New Year everyone. Let’s bring home a good winter after a solid start for most. 

[HighStakes]

Actually after the initial heavy snow burst it continued to snow until 6 a.m.

It was a solid squall but not as impressive as the one that came through in January 2020 the following morning of the only snowfall we had that year. That squall was the highlight of what was just an awful year. We got about 5 inches the day before then squall put down 2 inches in 40 minutes the following morning. It was a total whiteout. Attached is a picture of that morning during the height of the squall.

[Kay]

On 12/30/2025 at 7:54 PM, Kay said:

Folks. I have a dental surgery tomorrow. Yes, on NYE. While some are chasing mind-bending LES, I will be out there chasing..up to .5" if everything breaks right in Harford Co. 

Welp, no snow yesterday. And I'm doing ok today but slept SUPER heavily and missed the squall  and somehow even the warning ?! . Went out at 8 a.m. measured a few spots on the deck, 0.2" as average. Abingdon mesonet snow depth was same at 8 a.m. but had more earlier. Bel Air spotter 0.2" Neither place that close to here idk outta energy again lol 0.2" it is. Happy new year to all!