The Allsnow Blizzard of 2026

[SACRUS]

Happy looking image below

 

[wxman]

2" down.  28.9. 

[NorthShoreWx]

30/29 Heavy Snow.  7" on ground. 2.5ish new.

 

[weatherpruf]

3 minutes ago, kat5hurricane said:

Where do you see stopping? They're clearly rotating northward

looked to me like they were just short. not an expert in reading this stuff, so appreciate your input.

[Jersey_Snowhole]

Absolutely ripping here in Howell 

[Roger Smith]

Did you know ... back in 1888 the people of New York City got a weather forecast from the U.S. Weather Bureau in Washington DC that was sent by telegraph. 

The blizzard of 1888 knocked down the telegraph lines so the newspaper never got the Sunday afternoon forecast calling for a heavy snowstorm! (also, The DC to NYC train got stuck in NJ in big snow drifts).

So when it started to rain Sunday evening and that turned to snow, few had any idea what was about to happen (20 to 40 inches of snow across the region).

But the storm WAS forecast by the existing technology (it had already started to snow in DC around forecast time and they had been tracking the snow moving northeast up the eastern seaboard. I happened to find out about this by reading the newspaper in question to satisfy my curiosity about the storm's forecast and impacts; it appeared from the Saturday paper's forecast that the usual practice was to issue a 24-hour forecast with a second day guess and that second day guess was something like rain turning to snow, no indication of severity.

Partly because of this outcome, the Weather Bureau set up an office in New York City by 1895 and I guess the telephone was becoming more widely used every year too, so there were different ways of communicating the forecast to the newspaper. I think it's fair to say most Americans got a weather forecast from the daily newspaper only until maybe 1920 after which the radio began to compete as a source. This particular newspaper was published twice daily seven days a week in the morning and again before the supper hour. It would be in that second edition that New Yorkers would find their weather forecast. I checked some other forecasts later in 1888 and they were surprisingly good actually. Maybe the GFS worked better then.

[TJW014]

2 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

Happy looking image below

 

Need to see some yellow.

[brooklynwx99]

rippage about to occur over the next hour

[Dark Star]

12 minutes ago, NJwx85 said:

Still snowing 18hrs from now.

That would be incredible.  Some were saying there was no real blocking?

[Winterweatherlover]

5 minutes ago, NJwx85 said:

Storms like this only happen once or twice a decade if we’re lucky. I had 22” from the storm in January but that was due to many hours of moderate snow with no wind. This one is truly special. Can’t recall ever seeing blizzard warnings this far inland. 

Personally I'd enjoy the 22 inches and moderate snow with no wind more but I get where people find these extreme storms exciting too. 

[TriPol]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOyeyOEmFtE

[weatherpruf]

1 minute ago, Roger Smith said:

Did you know ... back in 1888 the people of New York City got a weather forecast from the U.S. Weather Bureau in Washington DC that was sent by telegraph. 

The blizzard of 1888 knocked down the telegraph lines so the newspaper never got the Sunday afternoon forecast calling for a heavy snowstorm! (also, The DC to NYC train got stuck in NJ in big snow drifts).

So when it started to rain Sunday evening and that turned to snow, few had any idea what was about to happen (20 to 40 inches of snow across the region).

But the storm WAS forecast by the existing technology (it had already started to snow in DC around forecast time and they had been tracking the snow moving northeast up the eastern seaboard. I happened to find out about this by reading the newspaper in question to satisfy my curiosity about the storm's forecast and impacts; it appeared from the Saturday paper's forecast that the usual practice was to issue a 24-hour forecast with a second day guess and that second day guess was something like rain turning to snow, no indication of severity.

Partly because of this outcome, the Weather Bureau set up an office in New York City by 1895 and I guess the telephone was becoming more widely used every year too, so there were different ways of communicating the forecast to the newspaper. I think it's fair to say most Americans got a weather forecast from the daily newspaper only until maybe 1920 after which the radio began to compete as a source. This particular newspaper was published twice daily seven days a week in the morning and again before the supper hour. It would be in that second edition that New Yorkers would find their weather forecast. I checked some other forecasts later in 1888 and they were surprisingly good actually. Maybe the GFS worked better then.

yes there used to be morning and afternoon editions, and even different papers for morning and afternoon. i worked briefly at an afternoon paper back in the 80s, but by then it had started doing mornings. 

[Dark Star]

2 minutes ago, TJW014 said:

Need to see some yellow.

Don't eat yellow snow?

[wxman]

4 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

30/29 Heavy Snow.  7" on ground.

 

Not saying that's wrong but double anything else I've heard reported all the way down the coast.

[Nibor]

2 inches here. 

[Stormlover74]

6 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

30/29 Heavy Snow.  7" on ground.

 

Wait you have 7" already or is that including old snow?

[hooralph]

Deteriorating quickly 

 

[Wxbear25]

1 minute ago, wxman said:

Not saying that's wrong but double anything else I've heard reported all the way down the coast.

Is it possible they had some snow leftover OTG from before? In fairness, they didnt say 7 inches accumulated today

[cleetussnow]

6 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

30/29 Heavy Snow.  7" on ground.

 

You may indeed get the golden shovel for our forum.  

[wxman]

1 minute ago, Wxbear25 said:

Is it possible they had some snow leftover OTG from before? In fairness, they didnt say 7 inches accumulated today

It would have to be old snow, right...or a drift

[MJO812]

Heavy snow here

Accumulating quickly now 

[IrishRob17]

4 minutes ago, Stormlover74 said:

Wait you have 7" already or is that including old snow?

No way, Ed knows how to properly measure.

[SACRUS]

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Snow

 

[Mail Man]

Coming down this is great

[MJO812]

Beautiful now. I can't wait for later. 

Might have to leave the baby with my wife and take a jeb walk.

[MANDA]

Holding at 27.  Light to moderate snow now.  Will measure at 8;00 but looks like .7” or so now.

[Winterweatherlover]

3 minutes ago, SACRUS said:

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Snow

 

That looks good especially if thats on top of what's already accumulated.

[Bxstormwatcher360]

1 minute ago, MANDA said:

Holding at 27.  Light to moderate snow now.  Will measure at 8;00 but looks like .7” or so now.

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Currently getting walloped here. About 2.3 down..1.1 last hour.

[wthrmn654]

18z hrrr with the big totals for long Island may happen if these bands setup on long Island like this

[qg_omega]

16 minutes ago, NorthShoreWx said:

30/29 Heavy Snow.  7" on ground.

 

What?  Where?  New snow???