The Allsnow Blizzard of 2026

[Winterweatherlover]

14 minutes ago, Bxstormwatcher360 said:

Its crazy to start seeing the differences from south to north. Northern parts of nyc are already over an inch, Southern parts just starting to get coatings down. This snow isnt wet anymore,its fluffy stuff now. 29/28f moderate to hvy snow currently.

Yep although in this case southern parts of the city will get more snow in the end barring some weird banding. 

[MJO812]

11 minutes ago, weathermedic said:

Heavy band about to rotate in from the southeast over southern Nassau, Queens and Brooklyn

Wait till later

Insane 

[Winterweatherlover]

Just now, Rjay said:

This storm and the January one aren't comparable 

Again depends on location.

[MANDA]

[Stormlover74]

Just now, TriPol said:

Consistency? Dude, we've barely gotten an inch or two. Leave your opinions on the storm for 12 pm tomorrow. It's depressing how negative people are. 

Lol hes talking about the snow not being as wet as expected

[Rjay]

Just now, Winterweatherlover said:

Again depends on location.

No. They literally aren't comparable 

[Nibor]

2 minutes ago, WestBabylonWeather said:

We have waited years for this type of storm. 

It does feel like this.

[Brian5671]

3 minutes ago, TriPol said:

There seems to be some sort of opinion that this storm is a bust. 

always a tradition with the early bust calls

[TJW014]

Nearing blizzard conditions along the shore. Sustained 30-35, gusts to 45 mph. Gonna go out and have fun in the go kart and sleds for a few hours.

[TriPol]

1 minute ago, Stormlover74 said:

Lol hes talking about the snow not being as wet as expected

I've never actually heard of someone saying the snow isn't wet enough. SMH.

[Jt17]

always a tradition with the early bust calls

The snow literally started sticking 2-3 hours before any reasonably informed poster in this thread expected. We're in good shape.


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[Bxstormwatcher360]

2 minutes ago, Winterweatherlover said:

Yep although in this case southern parts of the city will get more snow in the end barring some weird banding. 

Subsudence is gonna nip someone in the culo,rn we are getting pummeled with hvy snow up and down.

[Stormlover74]

1 minute ago, TriPol said:

I've never actually heard of someone saying the snow isn't wet enough. SMH.

I don't think it was a complaint just an observation.

[SACRUS]

 

2/22 18z HRDPS (HRDPS = High-Resolution Deterministic Prediction System)

Convection-allowing (~2.5 km) regional model

Snow

[MANDA]

1 minute ago, TriPol said:

I've never actually heard of someone saying the snow isn't wet enough. SMH.

Better than cold enough?  White enough?

[RCNYILWX]

Yeah this is not the heavy wet snow I was anticipating. Is it just really cold up in the atmosphere?

Very high moisture content/QPF going into the snow doesn't necessarily yield very heavy wet snow. While the surface temps started off mild and above freezing, the rest of the profile isn't marginally cold. To get the really gloppy heavy wet snow you need surface temps near to even above 32, and a deep isothermal layer near freezing above it, which creates snowfall aggregates (clumps of snowflakes, almost like mini snowballs).

This will be a dense snow and tough to shovel but still prone to blowing and drifting. The snow will get fluffier with time as colder air moves in and exacerbate the blowing and drifting into tomorrow morning, as that snow will be easily transported atop the denser snow below it.

Edit: The very well written OKX AFD mentions initial 10:1 ratios (about climo for your area) improving to 12-14:1 with time, which seems reasonable. You'll probably have an effective ratio higher than 14:1 wherever the f-gen death band sets up.

The heavy wet snow you may have been anticipating generally entails ratios as low as 5-8:1.

[TriPol]

Just now, MANDA said:

Better than cold enough?  White enough?

Certainly don't want it yellow enough!

[Bxstormwatcher360]

1 minute ago, TriPol said:

I've never actually heard of someone saying the snow isn't wet enough. SMH.

I was saying this too,although everybody kept saying heavy wet snow,rn its not that. Thats what we mean when we say that. Its busting in a good way,so no complaints here.

[North and West]

Glad to see a blizzard warning again.


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[Winterweatherlover]

3 minutes ago, Rjay said:

No. They literally aren't comparable 

Overall setup and strength is definitely not comparable. Snowfall amounts may be comparable or even less this time  especially NW of I95.

[the_other_guy]

5 minutes ago, Rjay said:

This storm and the January one aren't comparable 

Most of us ended up around 15 inches with that one. Lets see how this shakes out

[Bxstormwatcher360]

Just now, TriPol said:

Certainly don't want it yellow enough!

Or brown .

[Nibor]

1 minute ago, North and West said:

Glad to see a blizzard warning again.


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https://weatherstar.netbymatt.com/

[WeatherGeek2025]

3 minutes ago, Bxstormwatcher360 said:

Subsudence is gonna nip someone in the culo,rn we are getting pummeled with hvy snow up and down.

where's your location i'm in the bronx at my moms house for this storm

[Jt17]

 
2/22 18z HRDPS (HRDPS = High-Resolution Deterministic Prediction System)
Convection-allowing (~2.5 km) regional model
Snow

Caving... just a wee bit late


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[Prue11]

What time is the heaviest snow and winds modeled for LI?

[Juturna]

5 minutes ago, TriPol said:

Consistency? Dude, we've barely gotten an inch or two. Leave your opinions on the storm for 12 pm tomorrow. It's depressing how negative people are. 

What are you even on about? I'm saying the snow is light and fluffy where I thought it would be wet snow because it's not that cold. Calm down, holy crap. Consistency of the snowflakes. Take a break.

[Bxstormwatcher360]

3 minutes ago, North and West said:

Glad to see a blizzard warning again.


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Aww mayne the memories this graphic brings to this 42 year old man eyes. The simpler days are truely missed. 

[Juturna]

3 minutes ago, RCNYILWX said:

Very high moisture content/QPF going into the snow doesn't necessarily yield very heavy wet snow. While the surface temps started off mild and above freezing, the rest of the profile isn't marginally cold. To get the really gloppy heavy wet snow you need surface temps near to even above 32, and a deep isothermal layer near freezing, which creates snowfall aggregates (clumps of snowflakes, almost like mini snowballs).

This will be a dense snow and tough to shovel but still prone to blowing and drifting. The snow will get fluffier with time as colder air moves in and exacerbate the blowing and drifting into tomorrow morning, as that snow will be easily transported atop the denser snow below it.

Sent from my SM-S936U using Tapatalk
 

Thank you for understanding and explaining instead of biting my head off for no reason. 

[SACRUS]

Just now, Prue11 said:

What time is the heaviest snow and winds modeled for LI?

2000 (8pm) - 800 monday