Possible coastal storm centered on Feb 1 2026.

[weathafella]

9 minutes ago, ChangeofSeasonsWX said:

I'd like to see another 1978 at some point in my life. Not the gridlock of course but the same snow totals. 1996 and 2005 were great but frrom what I've heard they were still quite a few calibers below 1978.

I think with snow management today so much improved and the warning system way better the impact would be less but still greater than anything any of us have seen.

[Cyclone-68]

Quite a bit of the drama from ‘78 was people being stranded for days and schools out for two weeks. That would never happen in the age of the internet as someone alluded to above. On the other hand, the flooding could be even worse with more development since then. Cars being abandoned on RT 128 wouldn’t happen now which is ok. ☺️

[WxWatcher007]

1 minute ago, weathafella said:

I think with snow management today so much improved and the warning system way better the impact would be less but still greater than anything any of us have seen.

Maybe it’s different, but considering that Buffalo blizzard a few years ago I can see how the right storm would have that kind of storm of yore catastrophic impact.

[ChangeofSeasonsWX]

Yeah I envy those who got to experience 2005 on the Cape. I'm sure that even the pictures don't do it justice. Even in my area it was more snow than I had ever seen in my life so I can't even comprehend what it looked like out there. 1978 was more of a widepread impact though. It dropped huge totals over a larger area whereas 2005 was definitely way worse than 1978 on the Cape.

[Torch Tiger]

3 minutes ago, Cyclone-68 said:

Quite a bit of the drama from ‘78 was people being stranded for days and schools out for two weeks. That would never happen in the age of the internet as someone alluded to above. On the other hand, the flooding could be even worse with more development since then. Cars being abandoned on RT 128 wouldn’t happen now which is ok. ☺️

It did in 2007, though. Tons of cars abandoned 

[Greg]

4 minutes ago, ChangeofSeasonsWX said:

Yeah 2005 was definitely special for the Cape but not many of us lived out there to experience it.

Similar conditions and accumulations took place around the immediate North Shore around the Salem, MA, Rockport/Cape Ann, Beverly, and Danver's area.

[HoarfrostHubb]

Those of us who witnessed ‘78 in the jackpot won’t ever forget it.   And those who were on the coast.  Oof.  

[40/70 Benchmark]

2 minutes ago, ChangeofSeasonsWX said:

Yeah I envy those who got to experience 2005 on the Cape. I'm sure that even the pictures don't do it justice. Even in my area it was more snow than I had ever seen in my life so I can't even comprehend what it looked like out there. 1978 was more of a widepread impact though. It dropped huge totals over a larger area whereas 2005 was definitely way worse than 1978 on the Cape.

My sister had a summer house on Falmouth, but I didn't go.

Never forgive myself...large event at home, but nothing I haven't seen 10x.

[78Blizzard]

52 minutes ago, weathafella said:

I remember 2 buggies that were close in misses recently that this kind of is reminiscent of.

1.  March 2014-a 75 mile difference between flurries and a blizzard.

2. March 2020-same

I remember the one almost 16 years to the day back in 2010 while my son and I were attending the commemoration of the 125 year anniversary of the Blue Hill Observatory.  Kocin and Uccellini during their lectures were wondering if they were going to be able to get back to Baltimore/DC with a massive storm down there while we were sucking extreme cold and cirrus.  Maybe we weren't that close on that one.  But at least we got signed copies of "Northeast Snowstorms".

[Greg]

5 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

 

 

9 minutes ago, Cyclone-68 said:

Quite a bit of the drama from ‘78 was people being stranded for days and schools out for two weeks. That would never happen in the age of the internet as someone alluded to above. On the other hand, the flooding could be even worse with more development since then. Cars being abandoned on RT 128 wouldn’t happen now which is ok. ☺️

Not entirely true given certain circumstances. People still go out on the roads even in big storms. Did you see how many vehicles were on the road even on Sunday, never mind a workday Monday-Tuesday back in 78.

[H2Otown_WX]

You know the threat is on life support when we've devolved to '78 and 2005 discussion

[dryslot]

Euro is late again, 12z starts at 12:12 pm on SV.

[Zeus]

"44 new replies since I last checked a short while ago? Something intriguing must've.... oh we're reminiscing about the blizzard of '78"

Never change, fellas.

[Cyclone-68]

6 minutes ago, Torch Tiger said:

It did in 2007, though. Tons of cars abandoned 

Was that the heavy snow squall at rush hour day? I forgot about that. I barely missed that myself. 

[TheSnowman]

I woke up to 11 New Pages!!  And then see that…… you guys are just reminiscing about old storms and the models went to crap?  

 

 What the……..    

[Vinny Findley]

21 minutes ago, ChangeofSeasonsWX said:

I'd like to see another 1978 at some point in my life. Not the gridlock of course but the same snow totals. 1996 and 2005 were great but from what I've heard they were still quite a few steps below 1978.

1978 Blizzard I had 3 feet of snow on my street. They had to clear the streets with front end pay loaders with a 5 yard bucket. Snow drifts on the house across the street we're 20+ feet high going from the upper roof to the foundation of the house next door. 4 days the street was buried before the clean up started. We've had plenty of big storms since then but anyone who lived through the 78 Blizzard all say the same thing this didn't match that storm.

[cleetussnow]

49 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

It is also a low probability to even have a major threat less than a week after a biggie. But here we are....whether it hits or not. 

Let's unpack that - low probability there is a biggie present in any form, yes; BUT there is one in the theatre.  Rarest of all is for one to form in the first place, but we checked that box.  But will the biggie be for the fish to shovel or upright hominids?  That question is in the realm of 'normal' probability to ponder.

[SouthCoastMA]

Ai tick SE

[NotSureWeather]

4 minutes ago, H2Otown_WX said:

You know the threat is on life support when we've devolved to '78 and 2005 discussion

I had no idea having every model and ensemble agreeing a storm is coming except like one means the storm is on life support. Jesus man. We have had such terrible winters for half a decade basically. Here we are finally having a decent winter and still so many people just complain and complain. Can’t even come to this site any more since it’s so much bitching and moaning about everything. The world sucks enough, I don’t need that when I’m trying to enjoy one of the few hobbies I still can enjoy.

[PSLwx]

6 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Those of us who witnessed ‘78 in the jackpot won’t ever forget it.   And those who were on the coast.  Oof.  

Lived in Plymouth. Stranded for five days. She Who Must Be Obeyed: "I am not spending another winter here." Bought a condo in Florida three weeks later.

[Damage In Tolland]

Solid signal 4+ days out 

[TheSnowman]

6 minutes ago, Cyclone-68 said:

Was that the heavy snow squall at rush hour day? I forgot about that. I barely missed that myself. 

December 13, 2007.  The storm I skipped a Final Exam for because as I told the professor “I have to go back to RI to measure snow for the NWS.” and went Backwards from Rugges to get on the Commuter Rain train to North Station because the train was going to just steam by Back Bay and Ruggles since it was already full.  I’ll never know what happened to those 100’s and 100’s of people who couldn’t get any train.  13.5” I think.  Killer storm.  Oh and yet ANOTHER storm with the SAME compact total as Sundays storm that you guys keep calling an “all-timer”.    

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

1 minute ago, SouthCoastMA said:

Ai tick SE

People wont like this, but the most likely outcome is a monster ocean storm that is a close-ish graze. I’m doubtful the majority of the cape gets in it either.

[Great Snow 1717]

3 minutes ago, Greg said:

 

Not entirely true given certain circumstances. People still go out on the roads even in big storms. Did you see how many vehicles were on the road even on Sunday, never mind a workday Monday-Tuesday back in 78.

Back then people HAD to go to work because people were petrified of losing their jobs. People who weren't alive and old enough to understand that will never understand that.

It was far different time back then...it wasn't the soft society of today..

[NotSureWeather]

1 minute ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Solid signal 4+ days out 

I swear everyone has amnesia and forgets that these storms generally come  NW as we get closer. It happens almost all the time. This thing is in the perfect spot. You don’t want it right over us 4-5 days out, since by the time it actually happens it’s shifted 100-200 miles. Let it show up OTS and by Saturday night we will be preparing for a blizzard.

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

She not coming with anything significant for WOR. EOR obviously still in the hunt for her…

[CoastalWx]

Euro AI mostly a whiff.

[78Blizzard]

The Euro AI trend has been SE the last 3 runs.

[Cyclone-68]

6 minutes ago, TheSnowman said:

December 13, 2007.  The storm I skipped a Final Exam for because as I told the professor “I have to go back to RI to measure snow for the NWS.” and went Backwards from Rugges to get on the Commuter Rain train to North Station because the train was going to just steam by Back Bay and Ruggles since it was already full.  I’ll never know what happened to those 100’s and 100’s of people who couldn’t get any train.  13.5” I think.  Killer storm.  Oh and yet ANOTHER storm with the SAME compact total as Sundays storm that you guys keep calling an “all-timer”.    

My memory is getting worse with age I think but I’ll volunteer to switch places with you and escort that lovely young beauty queen if we storm again Sunday. 

[Damage In Tolland]

3 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

She not coming with anything significant for WOR. EOR obviously still in the hunt for her…

You’re fine there . Relax