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

[CoastalWx]

CF sinking south. Inside 128 now.

[CoastalWx]

1 minute ago, CCHurricane said:

Ocean enhanced bands along eastern MA coastline about to take center stage…

Yeah wind is backing a bit which is a better trajectory here.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

6 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

we've been watching the backedge of the backedge, if not the actual back edge approaching for a while, with a very keen eye....it's been lurking.  good storm though

We’ve had some decent back building in E NY, still getting good returns out here along RT2.  +SN still

But yeah, the heavy stuff won’t last too much longer.

[powderfreak]

Mountain at 8” on cam.  Ripping snow.

[WxWatcher007]

Ripping solidly here. A plow went through and kicked up a cloud of powder. I've never seen anything like that lol. 

[40/70 Benchmark]

 16.5" snowfall as of 1130 in Methuen.  14 settled Storm depth

[40/70 Benchmark]

5 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

CF sinking south. Inside 128 now.

Cj time...my snow should end

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 minute ago, powderfreak said:

Mountain at 8” on cam.  Ripping snow.

I can't go tomorrow but Berkshire East will be fantastic.  Probably 16"-18" of dense needle fluff.  Medium light with a silky feel but enough weight to feel and roll over like small waves. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

 16.5" snowfall as of 1130 in Methuen.  14 settled Storm depth

Similar here.  Approximately 14.5" - 15" settled to 13" 

I won't be accurate on this one because I'm crashing soon and there will be blowing and drifting tonight. 

[MuddyWx]

One last measurement and clear before bed..

16.3", 1.53" SWE. Still ripping out there

[Boston Bulldog]

Here come the easterly low level ocean bands. I can see 3-4 potential bands beginning to set up over the Bay, nosing into Cape Ann, KBOS, South Shore, and Plymouth. Expect echos to begin consolidating around these features

I don't expect super high ratios from these, but growth should be better given the lower level nature of the flow

[MuddyWx]

[CoastalWx]

15 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Cj time...my snow should end

Still good echoes there probably from strong 850 inflow.

CF probably stalls near BOS for awhile. Hrrr tries to move it west near here tomorrow after it just barely passes east.

[vortex95]

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Still good echoes there probably from strong 850 inflow.

CF probably stalls near BOS for awhile. Hrrr tries to move it west near here tomorrow after it just barely passes east.

Go to bed.  Enough for one day! LOL.

[WxWatcher007]

18" reported just to my south in Glastonbury (CT)

Still going fairly strong up here at SLK. Snow growth makes all the difference. 

[Fozz]

1 hour ago, weathafella said:

I just measured 14.5.  Tough with all the drifting so it might’ve somewhat low but there’s a big difference in impact from 6-10 and 12+. It’s accumulating with heavy snow now backing down to moderate with smallish flakes.  Blowing and drifting all over the place.  I noticed BOS had 10.5 about 4 hours ago so I expect the next measurement to be 15+.

I never did the 6 hour thing but my settled depth is around 13” new. Storm seems to be wrapping up but it was a very solid event and I just finished shoveling my car.

This isn’t the biggest storm I’ve ever lived through but it’s certainly one of the most brutal, considering the temps were in the single digits all day and only by midnight did it rise to 11°F.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Not historic here but certainly one hell of a storm!  Snowy, frigid day.  Big clean-up duties in the morning. I hardly did any today. 

Actually into some pretty good lift right now, let's milk it for all it's got.  Maybe an hour of decent rates to go I'm thinking?

[dendrite]

Haha 3.3”/0.39” in my last core

That’s 8.9”/0.83” total so far

Run of the mill SWFE up here. Maybe we can fluff it up today

[Torch Tiger]

23 minutes ago, MuddyWx said:

One last measurement and clear before bed..

16.3", 1.53" SWE. Still ripping out there

 

[MuddyWx]

Very happy with the storm, but man 1.5"+ SWE and this cold, would have thought 20"+. Snow growth ftl

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Short lived I'm sure but I am into a mid-level deform band that is just crushing right now. 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 minute ago, MuddyWx said:

Very happy with the storm, but man 1.5"+ SWE and this cold, would have thought 20"+. Snow growth ftl

Impact is the same 15" vs 20" the QPF was modeled well outside of a few NAM extremes. 

[Fozz]

[tiger_deF]

I think a swath of eastern MA won't have any break in the snow until the last of the coastal bands move offshore

[tunafish]

05z PWM Obs

4.8" new / 9.5" total

0.35" SWE (0.68" total)

Depth is 12".

[H2Otown_WX]

39 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

 16.5" snowfall as of 1130 in Methuen.  14 settled Storm depth

Disappointment?

[tunafish]

7 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Haha 3.3”/0.39” in my last core

That’s 8.9”/0.83” total so far

Run of the mill SWFE up here. Maybe we can fluff it up today

Pretty rare PWM has higher ratios than CON.

9.5"/0.68"

[CCHurricane]

Logan @ 16.7 at 12AM reading. 

+6.2 above 7PM reading of 10.2 —> 1.25 in/hr average.

[wxsniss]

...Suffolk County...
1 WNW Logan AP               16.7 in   1200 AM 01/26   Official NWS Obs
1 S Boston                   15.0 in   0942 PM 01/25   Public
1 NNE Dorchester             14.1 in   1000 PM 01/25   Trained Spotter
Logan AP                     10.5 in   0700 PM 01/25   Official NWS Obs

[WxWatcher007]

BDL 15.6”

BDR 15.1”