February 2026 OBS & Discussion

[WeatherGeek2025]

1 minute ago, wxman said:

I think that should be Thursday...............

you're right gotta correct that on my tiktok

[MJO812]

30 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Gefs loves this 

[SnowGoose69]

Next weeks threat is pretty thread the needle.  Really need to eject the shortwave at the right time, otherwise you'll get suppression or a track too far north.

[MJO812]

2 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

Next weeks threat is pretty thread the needle.  Really need to eject the shortwave at the right time, otherwise you'll get suppression or a track too far north.

Gefd is really impressive with a cold high.

[MJO812]

[WeatherGeek2025]

[hudsonvalley21]

8 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Gefs loves this 

GFS has been on this event for the last few runs. Nice to see it hold serv for this one.

[nycsnow]

9 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

Next weeks threat is pretty thread the needle.  Really need to eject the shortwave at the right time, otherwise you'll get suppression or a track too far north.

Let’s see how many thread the needle situations we can get lucky with in a week lol

[MJO812]

Lets end winter with a bang

[cleetussnow]

2 hours ago, EasternLI said:

Cant be right.  My location says 42 but I was 35 last week.  I just got 22.

[Stormlover74]

Just now, cleetussnow said:

Cant be right.  My location says 42 but I was 35 last week.  I just got 22.

Yeah its a bit off. Ewr has 52 I think

[MJO812]

Euro has more energy than 12z ejecting for next week

[Rjay]

3 hours ago, the_other_guy said:

just an observation I just left Westchester to come down to work in Queens. And I made a stop in Whitestone to shovel my parents. 

 

It is not even close in terms of snow. I don’t know where many of these measurements were made down in the city. I’m assuming on large grassy areas. Because the snow lying around on the streets of Queens is a fraction, a small fraction of what we have 10 miles north of the Bronx.

I saw Whitestone reported 23 inches of snow. I’ve been in Whitestone with a 2 foot storm, and this isnt it.

just for reference in the photo below, that’s what people in Westchester are dealing with right now. i’m sure I on Long Island the scenes are similar.

 

 

Please stop. Besides compaction, it was above freezing for a bunch of hours yesterday and there was strong sun today.  There has been a lot of melting. 

[Rjay]

3 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Alot of melting going on

 

3 hours ago, Brian5671 said:

compaction too.   

Exactly lol

[EasternLI]

31 minutes ago, cleetussnow said:

Cant be right.  My location says 42 but I was 35 last week.  I just got 22.

There's discrepancies every year with that map. 

[nycwinter]

33 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Lets end winter with a bang

i wish we have a cool spring no need for any summer heat until june..

[BxEngine]

6 minutes ago, Rjay said:

Please stop. Besides compaction, it was above freezing for a bunch of hours yesterday and there was strong sun today.  There has been a lot of melting. 

If anyone measured in a city street theyre an asshole lol

[NEG NAO]

7 minutes ago, BxEngine said:

If anyone measured in a city street theyre an asshole lol

especially if a subway line runs underneath that street

[forkyfork]

17 minutes ago, Rjay said:

Please stop. Besides compaction, it was above freezing for a bunch of hours yesterday and there was strong sun today.  There has been a lot of melting. 

the records from this storm should get asterisks

[MJO812]

16 minutes ago, nycwinter said:

i wish we have a cool spring no need for any summer heat until june..

Agree

[Irish]

50 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Lets end winter with a bang

I thought we just did!  Are we getting banged again and again?!  

[Rjay]

2 minutes ago, forkyfork said:

the records from this storm should get asterisks

People seem to be questioning the totals. It's weird

[Brian5671]

Just now, Rjay said:

People seem to be questioning the totals. It's weird

Anything to downplay it.    Do people forget it was with temps b/w 30-32 the entire storm and it's late February?

[forkyfork]

2 minutes ago, Rjay said:

People seem to be questioning the totals. It's weird

we haven't seen a late season storm this big since 2010

[North and West]

I thought we just did!  Are we getting banged again and again?!  

.

[Eduardo]

3 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Big March Snowtorm ? Crappy spring.

 

 

I can honestly see a curveball warmup next weekend before the hammer comes back down before a late-season winter storm and painful crawl toward sustained spring wx.

[SACRUS]

Totday's split:

 

EWR: 33 / 25 (-8) 
NYC: 31 /  23 (-11)

[SACRUS]

Clipper

[dWave]

4 hours ago, the_other_guy said:

just an observation I just left Westchester to come down to work in Queens. And I made a stop in Whitestone to shovel my parents. 

 

It is not even close in terms of snow. I don’t know where many of these measurements were made down in the city. I’m assuming on large grassy areas. Because the snow lying around on the streets of Queens is a fraction, a small fraction of what we have 10 miles north of the Bronx.

I saw Whitestone reported 23 inches of snow. I’ve been in Whitestone with a 2 foot storm, and this isnt it.

just for reference in the photo below, that’s what people in Westchester are dealing with right now. i’m sure I on Long Island the scenes are similar.

 

 

You likely spent some time under that heavy band that largely sat over the same area. Roughly a line from Staten Island, to Newark to Teterboro to Tarrytown to Yorktown Heights etc. Then relatively "lighter" snow going SE from you closer to the Sound, and across to Northern Nassau. Then picks up again as you head more into LI and most of NYC to the west closer to those bands. It's a lot of the snow for all, but you may be seeing the difference between over 2 ft of snow vs totals in the teens to around 20."

[NorthShoreWx]

3 hours ago, coastalplainsnowman said:

I always thought that storm happened on the night of the 10th, separate from flurries event at the Stadium on the 9th.

Whatever the date, you're right that that storm increased drastically from west to east, and not sure if that got the city much.  4" by me but I think 10-12" out by Smithtown/Kings Park.  @NorthShoreWx can answer this one for sure.

Edit:  I think you're right about it occurring on the 9th into the 10th.