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

[SJonesWX]

1 hour ago, SJonesWX said:

4/-11 here, going to need some time to penetrate the dry air

I was wrong. almost no Virga with this one, snow started quickly after radar was showing it

[AstronomyEnjoyer]

3.4°, light snow has commenced!

[weatherwiz]

18 minutes ago, codfishsnowman said:

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

It was around 3-4" 

[Baroclinic Zone]

12z GFS run from @CoastalWx basement

 

[ROOSTA]

Some 40+ DBZ echoes now showing in SW CT.
Latest RAP SFC TEMP tickles SEMASS with >32F slightly inland, 850's stay below freezing throughout event.  

[dendrite]

2.5/-12 here

we wait

[UnitedWx]

2 inches in Granby CT

[Vinny Findley]

3 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

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

Same here I'm about 10 miles south of there. Slowly getting heavier and the flakes slowly getting bigger!

[nianticct]

1/1/2 inches in Waterford 

[Kitz Craver]

1 minute ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

12z GFS run from @CoastalWx basement

 

What?! It keeps going up! Lol

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

12z GFS run from @CoastalWx basement

 

1.8” of qpf now on that 12z GFS…holy smokes it’s gonna crush. Keeps increasing lol. 

[Hoth]

16 minutes ago, Typhoon Tip said:

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.  

I would also add that if I lived in an age predating social media/TV/internet etc., and had no idea that everywhere else in NE is getting a better storm, I would probably be delighted with what's falling, sleet or no.

[MuddyWx]

Have the board set up. SN- for the past 40 minutes. Game time

[Damage In Tolland]

I could watch stuff like this all day . Fascinating . Miss. just crushed 

https://x.com/reedtimmerusa/status/2015451470364381573?s=46&t=dhcbvkjmRcyBVQtDxJ3lRg

[CarverWX]

3 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

12z GFS run from @CoastalWx basement

 

I don't see how we don't end up with 18+

[CTNoreaster]

4.5 inches in Westport. Coming down hard. Enjoy the day everyone!

[WxWatcher007]

-1/-9. Gradually getting there...

[Damage In Tolland]

4 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

12z GFS run from @CoastalWx basement

 

Good Lord.. just keeps increasing and ramping 

[CarverWX]

Love seeing the inflow off the ocean 

[Baroclinic Zone]

4 minutes ago, Vinny Findley said:

Same here I'm about 10 miles south of there. Slowly getting heavier and the flakes slowly getting bigger!

I’m 9mi due east.

[codfishsnowman]

1 hour ago, powderfreak said:

-9/-15 and cloudy.

This is going to be a cold snow.

Welcome! Its not the same without you posting. With all the small to mid size events we've had I often think of you and say to myself this is what PF gets to wake up to almost every winters day!

Hope you grab at least a foot up there!

[mahk_webstah]

First flakes

[DJln491]

eyeballing 2" or so in W. Hartford

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

We snow 

[wx_observer]

4 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I could watch stuff like this all day . Fascinating . Miss. just crushed 

https://x.com/reedtimmerusa/status/2015451470364381573?s=46&t=dhcbvkjmRcyBVQtDxJ3lRg

That would be a disaster up here...it's bordering on catastrophic for a southern state that doesn't get much wintry precip.

[Baroclinic Zone]

Nice site if you want to see airport ASOS obs.

https://mesowest.utah.edu/cgi-bin/droman/mesomap.cgi?state=MA&rawsflag=3

[coriolis]

3 inches OTG in Terryville, CT as of 11:00 A.M.  Temperature continues to drop, now 2.5°F

[rimetree]

Really starting to crank up now. 8F and fluffy light-mod snow.

[Damage In Tolland]

1 minute ago, wx_observer said:

That would be a disaster up here...it's bordering on catastrophic for a southern state that doesn't get much wintry precip.

Typically they warm up after a winter storm. But they’re gonna be frigid and below freezing into early Feb

[DomNH]

-SN kicked off about a half hour ago. That GFS run is seriously high end.