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

[Chrisrotary12]

Absolute arctic sand. Be lucky to reach the forecast range I honked all week. Let alone 19”

[dmcginvt]

I mean doesnt it mean it's convective and wouldnt that be a logical place for such convection

[CT Valley Dryslot]

2 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I don’t understand these sleet reports . Radar does not show that 

Scanning the METARs the sleet line is still down at HPN.

[dmcginvt]

Just now, Chrisrotary12 said:

Absolute arctic sand. Be lucky to reach the forecast range I honked all week. Let alone 19”

there's a lot of that going on in nne discussions

[Chrisrotary12]

4 minutes ago, DomNH said:

Haven’t been super impressed here. Great storm obviously but haven’t really had any intense rates. We’ll see what the night brings.

 

Rates are fine. Flakes are garbage

[Chrisrotary12]

1 minute ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Absolute arctic sand. Be lucky to reach the forecast range I honked all week. Let alone 19”

I’m standing on front porch and can hear the crystals accumulating 

[Vinny Findley]

1.75 inches the last hour.

[nianticct]

Well I’m out in my yard and it’s not sleet

[Spanks45]

Just came in, 13.5"....snow growth has gotten better in the last half hour 12.6⁰

[ma blizzard]

1 minute ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Rates are fine. Flakes are garbage

should be a lesson for the people expecting the kuchera snow maps to verify  

[CCHurricane]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

The ripples kissing the s coast of CT is sleet. Can see it on CC.

Saw the same thing, gravity waves fade where the sleet/snow line appears to be.

[dmcginvt]

Im still on the train that temps are gonna go up, dgz layer is gonna grow, more vv and rh, better crystals fluffier snow it's coming.  granted i'm a beginner.  Well here in N VT

[wxeyeNH]

3F Light snow.  It has been snowing lightly all day.  2" since 11am. Perhaps we had 15 minutes of moderate. So far way underperformer.

[40/70 Benchmark]

Been a lot of talk about SWFE this...coastal that....hybrid, blah, blah....but I will tell you one thing, snow growth is 100% SWFE.

[CoastalWx]

Band and flakes meh. 

[bristolri_wx]

Sleet approaching RI south coast on OKX radar...

Snow and wind picking up here... 23.

[Hoth]

Must’ve had some pingers mixed in earlier. This latest round of shoveling was much heavier. All snow now though. Looks like 13-14”. Fun storm and the freaking Pats are back in the big game!!

[Go Kart Mozart]

9 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

Here in Easton it goes back and forth between mixed precip and snow. Dual pol has sleet line through Stamford CT

Some grainy snow here, but no sleet.

[ineedsnow]

Heavy snow and 9 degrees!! Love it!! 

[40/70 Benchmark]

My guess right now is I end up with 14-16".

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

Snow growth sucks 

[Damage In Tolland]

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

My guess right now is I end up with 14-16".

What? Your area looks prime 

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

24” is not happening 

[DomNH]

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

My guess right now is I end up with 14-16".

I just told my fiancé the same thing. Probably like 13-14’’ and not the super high end totals. Snow growth ended up a limiting factor. 

[bmj16725]

12.5 here with moderate snow continuing  - up to a balmy 8 degrees.

[Scott Koziara]

The party ended at 4:45 in Newport. No sleet but the visibility improved and the accumulation basically stopped despite impressive radar returns. The pellets didn't begin in earnest till a couple minutes ago. Haven't measured but about 10 down here.

[dendrite]

10 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Absolute arctic sand. Be lucky to reach the forecast range I honked all week. Let alone 19”

Yup. I was concerned about ratios. 

1st core is 5.6”/0.44” here

13:1 is still solid

[DomNH]

It’s absolutely pounding but it’s baking powder. 

[Typhoon Tip]

S/BR

1/4 mi vis

6F

8"

[dendrite]

In the end this is a SWFE and the lift was above the DGZ for most of the event.