The Allsnow Blizzard of 2026

[WeatherGeek2025]

1 minute ago, weatherpruf said:

in jan 87 this happened during the evening commute as no one was expecting a foot of snow that put down inches an hour. people had to abandon cars. i'll never forget it, and you won't see me out in it. stay safe.

i got work tomorrow not sure how ill make it there though

[Snowlover11]

1 minute ago, qg_omega said:

Almost no model support, will go down as an amazing forecast or the opposite

Take a break

[MANDA]

Just now, Dark Star said:

Is this how '96 started out?

No.  It started to snow....it continued and the rest is history.  Much colder airmass was in place.  Didn't have to wait for the storm to intensify to get rain to switch to snow.

[Dark Star]

1 hour ago, jdt said:

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?  Heavier impulses moving through are not real banding, such as in deformation zones, occlusions, warm fronts off the ocean.  What is depicted are normal waves moving along.  These typically do not make the difference between 12" and 20".  Slight variations perhaps.  Banding, in my opinion is used too broadly.  

[Prue11]

2 minutes ago, qg_omega said:

Almost no model support, will go down as an amazing forecast or the opposite

Why do you even bother posting 

[Mail Man]

2 minutes ago, qg_omega said:

Almost no model support, will go down as an amazing forecast or the opposite

are your 5 post up yet

[dmillz25]

3 minutes ago, qg_omega said:

Almost no model support, will go down as an amazing forecast or the opposite

Oh god stfu and enjoy the snow sheesh. Anyways moderate snow here sticking to cold surfaces 

[NJwx85]

2 minutes ago, qg_omega said:

Almost no model support, will go down as an amazing forecast or the opposite

Another intelligent idiot that thinks they know better than the NWS. Where did you get your BS in Atmospheric Science?

[donsutherland1]

3 minutes ago, qg_omega said:

Almost no model support, will go down as an amazing forecast or the opposite

We'll know tomorrow.

[Juturna]

1 minute ago, MANDA said:

No.  It started to snow....it continued and the rest is history.  Much colder airmass was in place.  Didn't have to wait for the storm to intensify to get rain to switch to snow.

I wish I remembered that storm. I was 6 and my father had just died. I don’t remember anything from the years around that event. But I hear 96 get brought up constantly and it drives me nuts! 
 

Anywho, on topic, snow is sticking to everything but roads in south-western Suffolk county at this hour.

[Jt17]

Updated forecast from Upton:

19.8 for NYC accounting for CP's cooking the books for gambling sites.


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[winterwarlock]

and so it begins

snow has commenced in Belle Mead

35 degrees..not sticking

[SACRUS]

[Freezing Drizzle]

6 minutes ago, Dark Star said:

Is this how '96 started out?

DS, 96 did start right around the same time, but was MUCH colder, in the 20s F as the first flakes fell.

A classic rain-to-snow for my area was Christmas Day 2002.

[Nibor]

Snow began here in Jersey City Heights ~12:30

[SnowGoose69]

6 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

in jan 87 this happened during the evening commute as no one was expecting a foot of snow that put down inches an hour. people had to abandon cars. i'll never forget it, and you won't see me out in it. stay safe.

Happened in December 03 too but by then most cars were front wheel drive so basically it was just severe traffic, did not really have people abandoning cars.

[Dark Star]

I think "it" just arrived here in Garwood NJ...

[GlobeTrekker]

 

18 minutes ago, Tekken_Guy said:

The GFS's big cutting down on the forecasts seems to say otherwise.

Both NWS offices have detailed explanations on their discussion pages for the forecasts and the support/ factors that went into their totals. Not saying it will necessarily verify, but it's not like there's no support.

[Freezing Drizzle]

4 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

Just started snowing hard here, as shown graphically in the radar.  (After two hours of "wet" snow flurries and snow showers.) FD

Favored surfaces are whitening over now.

[MANDA]

5 minutes ago, Juturna said:

I wish I remembered that storm. I was 6 and my father had just died. I don’t remember anything from the years around that event. But I hear 96 get brought up constantly and it drives me nuts! 
 

Anywho, on topic, snow is sticking to everything but roads in south-western Suffolk county at this hour.

So sorry.  I can't imagine.

[WeatherFox]

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[nycsnow]

1002

[MANDA]

4 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

Almost to my location.  Another hour or so.

[weatherpruf]

2 minutes ago, SnowGoose69 said:

Happened in December 03 too but by then most cars were front wheel drive so basically it was just severe traffic, did not really have people abandoning cars.

also 03 was a friday iirc and many people went home early; we'd had recent snowy winters unlike 87, which followed several years of light snowfalls. that may have been the biggest that winter, in 2003, some 14 inches iirc. looking outside here, it is snowing now, still white rain.

[Dark Star]

5 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

Yikes.  Is a dry slot possible sometime after midnight?

[MANDA]

4 minutes ago, Nibor said:

Snow began here in Jersey City Heights ~12:30

Keep em coming!

[sussexcountyobs]

23 minutes ago, Tekken_Guy said:

I think the NWS might be too bulish. Recent GFS indicates numbers might land closer to the 10-12 range.

Maybe. But I'll stick with what the pro mets say.

[winterwarlock]

19 minutes ago, Poker2015 said:

Mount Holly updated. Still aggressive.

 

this is a decrease for western areas and in our backyard

[NJwx85]

5 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

It’s coming. People will be singing a different tune in 3 hours.

[BoulderWX]

20 minutes ago, Poker2015 said:

Mount Holly updated. Still aggressive.

 

18.4?! I’ll do a naked lap if that verifies