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The Allsnow Blizzard of 2026


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5 minutes ago, Picard said:

Watching the models, +/- 30 miles will make a big difference up here between less than 6" or more than 12".  Personally, I'm routing for 6-12" and watching the costal areas get dumped on.  I'm actually OK with not getting 18-20" up this way, but we'll see.  Not looking to jinx anything, just giving my personal take.

there’s an equation that needs to be balanced here. Heavier snow near the coast, but tomorrow during the day away from the cement jungle you’re gonna accumulate faster. it all shakes out in the wash, but the further you are from a cement jungle in a snowstorm with marginal temps the better off you are. Once the storm gets going and the sunsets it’s not gonna matter.

 

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At this point mostly looking at model noise.  The exact distribution of the snowfall is going to be a nowcast situation (as almost always) with areas to the east favored...but there will be outliers like the 12Z GFS showing 21" for PHL while the Canadian shows 10".  No great reason to pick one depiction over the other, both are plausible in this setup.  Storm bears resemblance to Boxing Day 2010 but with a less extreme gradient (as currently depicted in the modeling)...but even in that storm it wasn't purely east-west in the snow totals...and with all the blowing and drifting will be hard to say who gets what, exactly.  Right now I'd forecast 10" to 20" across NJ and call it a day unless something really surprises us as the day progresses.   

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1 minute ago, wxman said:

At this point mostly looking at model noise.  The exact distribution of the snowfall is going to be a nowcast situation (as almost always) with areas to the east favored...but there will be outliers like the 12Z GFS showing 21" for PHL while the Canadian shows 10".  No great reason to pick one depiction over the other, both are plausible in this setup.  Storm bears resemblance to Boxing Day 2010 but with a less extreme gradient (as currently depicted in the modeling)...but even in that storm it wasn't purely east-west in the snow totals...and with all the blowing and drifting will be hard to say who gets what, exactly.  Right now I'd forecast 10" to 20" across NJ and call it a day unless something really surprises us as the day progresses.   

Spoken like an intelligent and prudent Hillsboroughian....

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1 minute ago, wxman said:

At this point mostly looking at model noise.  The exact distribution of the snowfall is going to be a nowcast situation (as almost always) with areas to the east favored...but there will be outliers like the 12Z GFS showing 21" for PHL while the Canadian shows 10".  No great reason to pick one depiction over the other, both are plausible in this setup.  Storm bears resemblance to Boxing Day 2010 but with a less extreme gradient (as currently depicted in the modeling)...but even in that storm it wasn't purely east-west in the snow totals...and with all the blowing and drifting will be hard to say who gets what, exactly.  Right now I'd forecast 10" to 20" across NJ and call it a day unless something really surprises us as the day progresses.   

I think a cross between this one and the January 28-29, 2022 snowstorm.

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21 hours ago, snowman19 said:

I think NWS Upton’s WSW starting point of 6-10 inches for the NYC metro area….more on Long Island is very reasonable and realistic right now. I think the 0z runs tonight will allow us to narrow it down further as we very likely reach model consensus…..finally

I would love to know Snowman19's latest thoughts. 

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3 hours ago, SACRUS said:

 

2/21 12z Summary

Total QPF 2/22 -2/23-24 NYC

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Snow 10:1  NYC

SREF: 1/8 / 17.1
NAM: 2.5 / 24.1
NAM 3k: 2.2 / 21.6
ICON: 1.4 / 13.9
RGEM: 1.3 / 13.1
GFS:  2.0 / 20.3
GFS AI AIGFS: 1.4 / 13.8
GGEM: 1.5 / 14.7
GEFS: 1.8 / 17.8


Updated with GEFS

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Track / speed more crucial on the 12z suite all looking good - great.  RGEM/ICON AIGFS a bit quicker than GFS/NAM.  The QPF will be better honed in on later 18z/00z and tomorrow with meso models.  At the time Nam/GFS more robust but banding likely under done on the globals in general.  There will likely (as occurs in these rapidly developing storms) bands that drop 0.5 or more in 2-3 hours / 3 - 6 inches of snow.

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