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

[jbenedet]

First time I am able to fully appreciate the insulation significance of a deep pack.

The severe persistent cold and the “before this storm” and after really made the affect apparent. The duration of the cold also has made it worthwhile for a little extra effort to stack in the cold spots.
 

Using a lot less heat makes this all a lot more enjoyable.

[Damage In Tolland]

4 minutes ago, tavwtby said:

18.7" was my final after adding what fell after I cleared before bed, lots of 18-20" going back into WNY up through NH and NEMA, awesome considering we were under 10° for almost all of it.

You’re not done yet 

[dryslot]

Lets euro, We stayed 16-18:1 on this, So should be close to 5" or so if correct.

[ORH_wxman]

17 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I fully expect to get screwed on today's stuff.....I'm sure it will be more CJ. Note moving forward with more storms in the pipeline...toss the globals on CF placement, far and wide. NAM nailed it. being pinned to the N shore and near 128. GFS and EURO had it up by me.

You’ll get at least 1-2” today. At least a moderate shot at more…best dPVA not until after 21z….radar will fill in as the afternoon wears on and into evening. The best will def be in the CJ spots but the rest of us in central/eastern areas should get a steady burst for a time. 

[dendrite]

3 minutes ago, jbenedet said:

First time I am able to fully appreciate the insulation significance of a deep pack.

The severe persistent cold and the “before this storm” and after really made the affect apparent. The duration of the cold also has made it worthwhile for a little extra effort to stack in the cold spots.
 

Using a lot less heat makes this all a lot more enjoyable.

Soil 2 is 4” deep and Soil 3 is 8”. The ground is barely frozen. The soil moisture is at 6” and it reads 200cb when it freezes up. 

[FXWX]

3 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

You’re not done yet 

Tough measurement for my location, after assessing the drifting and multiple measurements, I think I'm closer to 20 than the 18 inch total I reported.  Heading out to dig out the generator!

[ineedsnow]

grazes on the Euro.. gets down to 963mb but meh for SNE

[40/70 Benchmark]

1 minute ago, ineedsnow said:

grazes on the Euro.. gets down to 963mb but meh for SNE

ineedensembles

[40/70 Benchmark]

9 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

You’ll get at least 1-2” today. At least a moderate shot at more…best dPVA not until after 21z….radar will fill in as the afternoon wears on and into evening. The best will def be in the CJ spots but the rest of us in central/eastern areas should get a steady burst for a time. 

Yea, whatevs...I figured Monday was always mostly rainbows and unicorns, anyway...any additional just a bonus.

[ineedsnow]

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

ineedensembles

ineedtopostinrightthread

[amarshall]

My Tapatalk acting up but we’re closing in on 1” new. Radar is cool one band coming off the water and one band coming from the west at the same time . Nuking


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[Damage In Tolland]

10 minutes ago, FXWX said:

Tough measurement for my location, after assessing the drifting and multiple measurements, I think I'm closer to 20 than the 18 inch total I reported.  Heading out to dig out the generator!

Beast mode there! What a storm 

[weathafella]

Very light snow now but looks like a burst should be here within the hour per radar.

[Sugarloaf1989]

14" of new snow and about 2" of existing snow-cover. We just had a snow shower move through with a coating of new snow. This is the deepest snow-cover since moving here in 2022. Currently light snow and 19F.

[ORH_wxman]

Nice band over central areas right now. 
 

[MuddyWx]

Snowing again - 18F. 

Think I have a shot at hitting my 21" guess for MBY. At 17.8"

[Fozz]

10 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Nice band over central areas right now. 
 

Yep. Nice mood snow after the big storm.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Nice mood snows today. Only about .25” since sunrise but very wintry vibe! 

[powderfreak]

We winter.  Over 15” now and hammering at the mountain.

[Cold Miser]

Coming in late here because of 3 hours plus of clearing our driveway, my neighbors driveway and a spot across the street, plus paths and clearing off 6 cars, followed by driving to work.

Anyway, it was hard to take any good measurements at my place as always.  Mainly because I live on a small peninsula, and our spot is perpetually caught in a never ending wind vortex of DOOM.  Snow was basically falling sideways or at a 45 angle for most of the storm.  I finally had to measure a bunch of different areas, including my neighbors (our house sites are very tight together).  

I came up with an average of 12"-13" total, not including what may be falling now (I'm currently at work)

@The 4 Seasons

 

Edit: 27" so far for the season, which is more than last years season total, the year before that total, and the year before that total.

[jbenedet]

3 hours ago, Layman said:

 

 

Crazy that you guys got near 20"!  I'm within walking distance from Adam's Point (not directly on the water) which isn't too far from either of you.  Maybe the bay has some sort of influence to chronically keep numbers down? 

I didn’t measure to be honest. Drifts everywhere. But there was already a ton of snow out there last night. Easily 18” yesterday around 10 pm. 
 

I definitely had some coastal front enhancement here.

[MuddyWx]

5 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

We winter.  Over 15” now and hammering at the mountain.

gorgeous, man

[ineedsnow]

about a inch new since the snow started back up this morning

[WxWatcher007]

Up to 9.2”. Still with good growth -SN.

[40/70 Benchmark]

18 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Nice band over central areas right now. 
 

This even is comparably to only two other storms since I moved to Methuen in October 2018, that being December 1-3, 2019, and January 7, 2024; however, both of those systems melted fairly rapidly with sustained warmth imminently on the horizon. This most assuredly looks to be the most impressive stretch of winter since moving here given that warmth is nowhere in site at this time-The SNE snow drought is dead...rejoice.

[FXWX]

16 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Beast mode there! What a storm 

2 weeks ago I was posting to my clients about the ghost of Jan 2015 walking through the door!  Well, he's now sitting at the kitchen table!  Great storm... Last week Will posted about the Gulf opening up (moisture flow) and how that tends to mean northward trends!  I have been waiting for the gulf and deep southern moisture to get involved for years!!!  Let's see if we can keep it going with East Coast action.  

[dendrite]

7 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

We winter.  Over 15” now and hammering at the mountain.

Congrats on the jack when all is said and done. 

[radarman]

26 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

Nice band over central areas right now. 
 

Another inch or two new came out of that.  Up to 17", but like you said the 15+" was measured at the end not 6 hourly

[MuddyWx]

Snow growth right now in the meat of that band is better than any time yesterday

[shawnmov]

Just finished clearing the driveway.  Average depth on the ground is about 16".  Assuming some compaction overnight, probably storm total in 17-18" range and just started snowing again.  

Lexington, MA... up to 19.3 degrees now.