The Allsnow Blizzard of 2026

[Nibor]

7 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.

I have found memories of that storm. My sister who is much older than me helped build an igloo. in 2010 I was at her house down the shore when Boxing day happened and did the same with her kids.

[SACRUS]

34 / 34

 

grass slowly whitening real accumulations by 4:00-5:00 for here then hopeful 1.2-1.5 LE for 10-18 here.

[cardinalland]

the exact number of inches is not gonna make a difference when everything is windswept and there are big fat drifts

[Poker2015]

1 minute ago, winterwarlock said:

this is a decrease for western areas and in our backyard

Wasn't expecting 20" anyway. Anything over 12" will be bonus

[psv88]

Down to 32 in Commack, snow only on grass for now 

[nycsnow]

Radar looks great, low looks great. Meso models look great… it’s coming 

[Snowlover11]

Everything so far going as planned, it wasnt suppose to get “going” till 3-4pm and by 8/9pm is when the “goods begin”

[NorthShoreWx]

19 minutes ago, Rjay said:

The gfs has done this right before every big event I can remember except maybe boxing day.

Unlikely that the latest globals will beat the latest mesos now that the snow has begun.  Someone is getting buried with extreme prejudice, it's just really hard to pin down who until the best bands set up.  Even the losers will probably get close to a foot of snow.  

 

[weatherpruf]

2 minutes ago, WeatherFox said:

FOR THE RECORD: Dr. Frank Field served as a meteorologist during his military service.
He was a first lieutenant and meteorologist with the 8th Air Force in World War II’s European Theater. This military role trained him in weather forecasting and earned him recognition as a meteorologist by the American Meteorological Society, despite lacking a formal meteorology degree later.
After the war, Field briefly pursued optometry—earning his doctorate there—before returning to weather work, starting on New York TV in 1958. His military experience directly paved the way for his five-decade TV career at stations like WNBC and WCBS.

 

thank you i always wondered how the heck he wound up doing weather when he was an optometrist. but you do not need a degree to do weather; it's not a licensed profession. not sure why not, but it isn't. and as any student of history can tell you, the weather played a huge role in the war, from d day to the eastern front. they were plagued by high seas and winds in the days leading up to d day.

[SACRUS]

RAP fairly good with temps vs actuals 2:00 / 19z


 

[dmillz25]

32 with moderate snow

[SnowGoose69]

3 minutes ago, weatherpruf said:

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.

Yeah, the Friday factor helped out in 1983 too.  Many people who got stuck in 83 were people going out for the night to dinner etc thinking we were only getting 3-6 or 4-8.  Many people left work around 2-3-4 and made it home.  I think PD was also the next Monday maybe so might have been less people working.  87 there was a LIRR strike too

[JonClaw]

Down to 33. Snow starting to stick to dirt.

[BoulderWX]

Light Snow - 31 degrees - finally under freezing so let’s see what this storm has! 

[MJO812]

I still like 12-24 for NYC. Should be a fun night. I will be going near my porch later to take videos and pictures and also showing my newborn the snow from the window.

[Brian5671]

Just now, MJO812 said:

I still like 12-24 for NYC. Should be a fun night. I will be going near my porch later to take videos and pictures and also showing my newborn the snow from the window.

Even if the low end verifies it's a great storm....think back a week ago-we'd all take 12 and run no problem

[BxEngine]

1 minute ago, MJO812 said:

I still like 12-24 for NYC. Should be a fun night. I will be going near my porch later to take videos and pictures and also showing my newborn the snow from the window.

Safe travels to your porch.

[dseagull]

Down to 34 on Barnegat Bay, and it instantly flipped to moderate snow.  Wind on the water is SLOWLY picking up.  Dont expect any accumulation until dusk down here.  

 

Im going slightly lower than Mt. Holly's 18-24 (which was already adjusted downward from HISTORIC 24-28, to MAJOR 18-24.)

I will stick with 10-16, not that accumulation matters much in terms of watching this storm evolve and bomb out. 

 

Enjoy, all.  

[nycsnow]

Just now, Brian5671 said:

Even if the low end verifies it's a great storm....think back a week ago-we'd all take 12 and run no problem

I really think the further east you go closer to 2 feet, if the banding is legit 24-30 might happen for someone 

[WeatherGeek2025]

3 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

I still like 12-24 for NYC. Should be a fun night. I will be going near my porch later to take videos and pictures and also showing my newborn the snow from the window.

you gotta take his socks off and stick his bare feet in the snow, that'll make him a stronger person later in his adult life, they say that in my Albanian culture lol

[Snowguy66]

The national weather service just lowered my totals here in Somerset County to 13 - 21 inches.  Still a really big storm.  Just kind of reminds me of the storm in January where they jumped up the numbers real high going to come down.  But if I recall that storm did over performing in areas.

[Breene]

couple hours of snow is just now starting to stick to grass here. it has begun !

[SnowGoose69]

Euro AI  as good as its become you can still see it struggles with some aspects.  Its uniform QPF and amounts from like eastern LI to Queens is not realistic.  Its highly likely those areas would see more snow than the metro

[NsWx516]

1 minute ago, MJO812 said:

I still like 12-24 for NYC. Should be a fun night. I will be going near my porch later to take videos and pictures and also showing my newborn the snow from the window.

Just wait until they get older, my 2 year old will want to go outside in the blizzard. I also have a 3 month old, i plan on showing her too

[SI Mailman]

This storm will put everyone who wasn't already above average there for the season, including Central Park, provided they don't wait til next Friday to measure.  

[WeatherFox]

3 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

I still like 12-24 for NYC. Should be a fun night. I will be going near my porch later to take videos and pictures and also showing my newborn the snow from the window.

Congratulations!

[Mail Man]

Snow starting to stick to the ground over here.

[nycsnow]

FWIW I compared the hrr and rap initializing and they’re almost identical to current meso data low is in same spot and they are 1001 mb hour 1 it’s currently 1002

 

[Jt17]

Visibility down and starting to stick in Jersey City a bit. Def earlier than I expected it to stick to surfaces.


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[psv88]

Uptons new warning increased amounts to 17-24” out here…