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

[Damage In Tolland]

If we can grab 2” tonight that’s 20”. We’ll see. 
This is one of those patterns now where snow breeds snow and everything ends positive . Just like when we go thru negative patterns. 
 

Snowing nicely 
 

We are back . 

[Snowcrazed71]

Nice. Steady snow coming down now. Trying to coat the roads and everywhere again. I don't think I was expecting this now. Of course! I just ran out to do a couple of quick things LOL. Looks like a winter wonderland out there

[weathafella]

17.5 but just looked at radar after spending an hour cleanup the awful job the snow guys did.   So I suspect that total will change.

[Ginx snewx]

Freezing mist on the Bingo card? 

[CoastalWx]

2 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Freezing mist on the Bingo card? 

I think I briefly had that last night when the OE resided. Car had a slight glaze.

[Fozz]

Snowing again while I’m shoveling. Rates are picking up and the flakes are excellent and much better than yesterday.

[dendrite]

4.3”/0.11” in that core

A jspin 40:1 lol

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Another nice burst of moderate overhead.

[wxsniss]

6 hours ago, weathafella said:

I would like to see BOS eclipse 20.  Shouldn’t be too hard with 18.6 at 7AM.  I don’t care about my own total which is probably close to Logan’s and I’ll measure after I get my morning activity done.  

Was thinking the same. I think we have a real shot at 20" total looking at radar, and from soundings at 0z we could get better snowgrowth than we had all day yesterday...

[HoarfrostHubb]

Big aggregates stacking up here.   

[Ginx snewx]

1 hour ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Debating if I should dig this out before next one 

https://imgur.com/a/8Sss8zv#jWSlIk6

Plow it in until Mayorch

[Ginx snewx]

13 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I think I briefly had that last night when the OE resided. Car had a slight glaze.

Went out with my cane on the deck yep frzn. Snowing again 

[Damage In Tolland]

4 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Plow it in until Mayorch

Dare I say .. Poundmetown right now. It is ripping 

[dendrite]

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

Dare I say .. Poundmetown right now. It is ripping 

Did the neighbors ever pick up that Giants trash or is it hopefully buried until Morch?

[wxsniss]

Sorry not fresh, but wanted to add to thread for legacy / archival purposes... I thought this was a nice bit from the Box AFD last night detailing the storm.

I'm still not sure why snowgrowth wasn't as good as many (including this AFD) expected... but with Cocorahs having generally 1.4-1.7 qpf / snow totals 15-20" (@Ginx snewx's call all week) with areas 20"+ in the expected north shore and Worcester hills... seems like SLRs ~10-12:1? Still achieved 1-1.5" / hr rates for almost entire duration.

KEY MESSAGE 1...Major winter storm continues this evening and
overnight. Difficult to impossible travel conditions persist through
12-2am with 1-3" per hour snowfall rates.

After a bit of an early start, snowfall rates have increased to 1
inch per hour across much of the CWA this afternoon. These dangerous
travel conditions continue well into the overnight as low pressure
deepens offshore helping to increase mid level frontogenesis. The
bulk of the snow falls through about 06z with gradual improvement
into Monday morning as a dry slot works its way into the region.
Storm totals are still holding steady as of the 18z update with
totals expected to be in the 12"-18" range across the majority of
southern New England, with 8"-12" expected on the Cape, Islands, and
immediate southern coast. The higher elevations and northeastern MA
will likely see 18"-24" for much of the 495 corridor including the
Boston metro area.

Coastal low takes shape off the Del Marva Peninsula this afternoon
helping to further increase mid-level frontogenesis. In response, a
deep and robust layer of lift will extend through much of the column
including the dendritic growth zone (DGZ). BUFKIT soundings even
show the potential for 2 favorable layers for dendritic growth, one
in the mid to upper levels, and another closer to the surface with
the deep and substantial near surface cold pool. Attention turns
from mid level frontogenesis to lower level frontogenesis (925-
850mb) as a steep low level temperature gradient associated with an
incoming coastal front approaches from the south. Coastal front
initially races north across the ocean then slows to a crawl this
evening as it encounters the wedge of low level cold air on land.
Warm front aloft still continues north overnight, so expecting +SN
to slowly transition to heavy sleet along the south coast and move
inland between 00-05z Furthest inland extent looks to be along west
to east corridor extending from Providence RI to Plymouth MA. In
these locations the mid level warm nose increases to +1-2C. Perhaps
a bit more exciting for us weather lovers is the non-zero
chance for +TSSN as the mid levels warm enough for some elevated
instability this evening into the overnight. Northeasterly LLJ
increases to 30-40kts this evening as the low center passes just
S of Nantucket. Thus, could see a period of gusty winds and
blowing snow especially over the southern waters, Cape and
Islands. HREF blizzard probs remain around 20%-30%, between 22
and 05z. The limiting factors for blizzard conditions along the
south coast will be sleet and lower snow ratios as well as the
short lived nature of the gustiest winds.

Further inland, the  mid level warm front stops short of changing
the precip type to sleet and instead brings a lower ratio snow that
that will help to cap totals between 12 and 18 inches for much of
the interior. Impressive temperature gradient develops overnight
with surface temps rising to near 32 as far inland as PVD but
staying in the lower teens at ORH on the other side of the surface
warm front!

Prolific snow winds down from SW to NE as a mid level dry slot
pushes into southern New England as 500-700mb RH values fall to 40-
60%. RH values like these are hostile to snow crystal growth and
instead favor a period of "snizzle" or flurries. Any lingering snow
eventually tapers to light flurries. Last hold out for light to
moderate snow will be northeastern Massachusetts as northeasterly
flow on Monday will allow for ocean-driven snow showers to persist
into Monday afternoon. The next key message will better focus on
Monday`s snowfall.

[mahk_webstah]

18 minutes ago, dendrite said:

4.3”/0.11” in that core

A jspin 40:1 lol

You are going to be over 14 inches soon. Do I have to take back my congratulations

[Damage In Tolland]

5 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Did the neighbors ever pick up that Giants trash or is it hopefully buried until Morch?

That thing popped in one of the 16 windstorms we had thankfully 

[Chrisrotary12]

Best dendrites of the storm

[tiger_deF]

Snowbands are building remarkably well in CNE and western New England - hoping to grab at least 2-3" out of this

[ORH_wxman]

Cape Ann about to get another round of enhancement it looks like…ORH band is really ramping up too

[DomNH]

10 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Best dendrites of the storm

Yeah snowing parachutes now. 

[vortex95]

10 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Today doesn’t look as good as it did yesterday. 

See what developing and moving in right now?  Wild turkey surprise???? 

[jbenedet]

The models flopped last minute. 
 

Had the right idea last night then lost it.

 

Some knew 

[jbenedet]

I’m gonna tack on 5” today?

[LSC97wxnut]

Yeah, snowing again pretty good.

[mahk_webstah]

Just now, jbenedet said:

I’m gonna tack on 5” today?

At least

[CoastalWx]

2 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

See what developing and moving in right now?  Wild turkey surprise???? 

Yeah blossomed nicely 

[vortex95]

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

19.3 inches 

"if it doesn't make 24" where I live...BUST!"  LOL.

[radarman]

Snowing as hard as anytime yesterday and accumulating faster in this band

[jculligan]

Best snow growth of the entire event right now. We've picked up an additional 1.7" since noon today, which brings the storm total to 18.0 inches. We'll see if we can still pull off 20" before all is said and done.