Eastern Mass Gets Their Swag Back - SWFE on Steriods - Region wide Major Snowfall - Jan 25-26, 2026 Nowcast/Obs.

[Typhoon Tip]

Vis est 2 mi;   steady S-;  very very small "micro aggregates".

6 F  

[J Paul Gordon]

5F/-10F light snow commencing in Clinton MA. Tiny flakes.I ❄️

 

[FXWX]

Heavy snow; dropped back to zero!

[dan11295]

1 minute ago, Sugarloaf1989 said:

Snow and 6F. Can't recall a snowstorm starting this cold. In Southern New England. 

I know there was one not that long ago where temps were close to 0 even in Boston?

[Henry's Weather]

2 minutes ago, Sugarloaf1989 said:

Snow and 6F. Can't recall a snowstorm starting this cold. In Southern New England. 

December 31-Jan 2 2013/2014?

[karmac]

Snow accumulating on frozen Greenwich Bay. 9.1*


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[Damage In Tolland]

Let’s F’ing Gooo!

 

[codfishsnowman]

2 hours ago, weatherwiz said:

Got my camcorder all setup. Going to have it rolling all day doing a time lapse of the yard

How much on the ground old snow. I only have about three but figure you might have a little more up there?

[CoastalWx]

Coated up nice. Small flakes. 10F.

[Torch Tiger]

Tiger cam on streaming pc

[Damage In Tolland]

Damage in Nashville DIN

https://x.com/dylanfedericowx/status/2015438339957027027?s=46&t=dhcbvkjmRcyBVQtDxJ3lRg

[LSC97wxnut]

Did not take long to get a coating on everything.  Seems like it's going to pile up quickly.

[ROOSTA]

How bad is your obsession?

Power napping: check
Wait on every post in the forum: check
Once in front of (computer, laptop, phone...) time flies: check

Loop model run with 300 windows open to compare: check
Radar running in back-round: check
My latest (ongoing for about 10yrs) running scripts in GrADS.

CRAZY

[tomcatct]

Got a few inches already here in Southwest Connecticut and it really hasn't been that heavy yet as far as rates go... seems like it's starting to pick up now must be some really good ratios it's definitely accumulating rapidly

[Typhoon Tip]

12 minutes ago, Hoth said:

Still not happy to end up sleeting with this sort of antecedent airmass, but at least it's pounding during the day. It's gorgeous out.

heh  right.   You know, it seems unjust, or out of place, doesn't it. 

But I've seen huge < 10 hour turn around enough times that I've just come to stop really associating the scalar temperatures at onset with any kind of presumption.   I've outlined the following event before. It's an extreme case, but in Jan 1994 we had a day dawn at 9 F throughout NE Mass...  There were a few renegade flakes flitting down under the street lamps while the morning's ambiance of winter blue-gray twilight surrounded.  By noon it was 24 with light IP... By 2 pm, light freezing rain at 29.  By 4 pm, 36 with the evening dusky sky having transformed into then fast moving streets of clouds, S to N.. In a whoosh, front's through and by 6:30pm, it was 60 F with tree leaning monster S gusts. 

Now, this bears 0 synoptic relevancy to that.  Different universe of events, entirely.  However, the principle of believing scalar temperature means jack shit, is a very good one to remember.  Haha.  To this day, I really don't give a ratz ass what the temperature at the onset of x-y-z.   I just understand what the chances are for things to happen after the fact, and go with it.  

[dendrite]

1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Damage in Nashville DIN

https://x.com/dylanfedericowx/status/2015438339957027027?s=46&t=dhcbvkjmRcyBVQtDxJ3lRg

Let’s take the Grand Ole Opry down

[Damage In Tolland]

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

Let’s take the Grand Ole Opry down

Every boot on the ground 

[wx_observer]

About an hour or so since first wispy flakes.  Went to go make some brownie cookies and now we have really fine powder coming down, and a fine dusting on the ground.  3F.  

[bobbutts]

First flakes, 6/-9

[dendrite]

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Every boot on the ground 

I fall to pieeeeeces

 

[vortex95]

10 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Coated up nice. Small flakes. 10F.

CoastalWx knows its PT time when BOS starts S- when it's 9 F.  And it immediately went down to 1.5 SM.  Let the weenie of all weenie storms begin!

[J Paul Gordon]

Rapidly intensifying rate.

[ROOSTA]

With all the "ICE" around. Calling out the National Guard will do no good. PUN INTENDED

[WinterWolf]

12 minutes ago, FXWX said:

Heavy snow; dropped back to zero!

Absolutely IMPRESSIVE. Pushing 3 inches here now..and 7 degrees.  We just getting rolling John..gonna be a good one. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

Moderate snows here. Eyeballing about 1” now.

[Damage In Tolland]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

I fall to pieeeeeces

 

 

[The 4 Seasons]

16 minutes ago, FXWX said:

Heavy snow; dropped back to zero!

That's gotta be a first

[Spaizzo]

Light snow still and just about 2” in ansonia started around 8 and 10 degrees


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[Baroclinic Zone]

2 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

Moderate snows here. Eyeballing about 1” now.

Yeah, visibility 1/2mi at KSFZ(North Central Airport)

[J Paul Gordon]

MBY start of storm. We'll see what it looks like when it's over.