“Cory’s in NYC! Let’s HECS!” Feb. 22-24 Disco

[HoarfrostHubb]

If Cory jacks but he’s not there, does he really jack?

That zone around Pawtucket/Foxboro/Brockton could see 36”

[CoastalWx]

3 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

You prob don’t want the rotting band if you’re in SE areas because you don’t want to miss the convection t being entrained into the CCB. They’ll be a relative jackpot west with wherever the band pivots but there will be another with the Firehose of convective snows hitting SE areas…they’ll get their own bands taking their time to leave later in the storm too, but the stuff very early tomorrow morning could be epic there. 

Yeah let’s shove that to 495

[SouthCoastMA]

Just now, HoarfrostHubb said:

If Cory jacks but he’s not there, does he really jack?

That zone around Pawtucket/Foxboro/Brockton could see 36”

2 successful HECS threads and here for neither. What a sport

[UnitedWx]

1 hour ago, TalcottWx said:

Here's a look at 7H on the 6Z NAM; I love the banding look over I-91. 

As the system starts to occlude, we may see banding widen out a bit for a while. Regardless, I can't wait to watch this evolve

[SouthCoastMA]

52 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

75mph gusts will drift you just fine.

Yeah everything will be caked..power loss inevitable 

[klw]

42 minutes ago, TheSnowman said:

Please Go SE with a Messenger Shuffle.  

 

If the perfect banding, after ALL these 24-36 model runs and maps goes 25 miles to my NW I Will lose it.  Happens in Every Storm.  Not This One.  Please.  

Did the NYC trip get cancelled?  Are you in RI for this?

[BrianW]

1 minute ago, SouthCoastMA said:

Yeah everything will be caked..power loss inevitable 

Neighbor is a lineman says they are expecting it to be really bad. They have pretty high standards for not working over a set wind speed for safety reasons. There is going to be a long duration where they can't work on any lines with this storm. 

[Great Snow 1717]

Folks keep in mind it was slightly more than a week ago that someone said the back of winter was broken lol

[moneypitmike]

Towns with poled lines (Mattapoisett) are in for a treat

[Cyclone-68]

Weird to consider that as a 57 year old who went through ‘78 that this could wind up as a top five storm for me 

[Great Snow 1717]

4 minutes ago, BrianW said:

Neighbor is a lineman says they are expecting it to be really bad. They have pretty high standards for not working over a set wind speed for safety reasons. There is going to be a long duration where they can't work on any lines with this storm. 

Another reason why it is a great idea to at least have an indoor generator on hand..

[NeonPeon]

I'm seeing the familiar banding pattern set up. Subsidence will be over the bay. It'll still be a great storm, even if you don't jack. Right now I'm guessing 12 inches for me.

I can't think of a single proper noreaster where mesoscale forecasting was better news than the broad brush look.

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

Folks keep in mind it was slightly more than a week ago that someone said the back of winter was broken lol

We tried to tell ‘em….   But I think some of that was about the extreme cold.  But now we shift focus to extreme snowfall….winter 25-26 stepping it up further. 

[ROOSTA]

I wonder what element of this is missing from the forecast. Most impacted area. Amounts, highest winds...duration?

There is always something that is under/over predicted. Just like a fingerprint or a snowflake no two are the same.

 

[WinterWolf]

6 minutes ago, Cyclone-68 said:

Weird to consider that as a 57 year old who went through ‘78 that this could wind up as a top five storm for me 

We are the same age…78 is very vivid for me too. That was the benchmark here. But Feb 2013 delivered even more snow…so they are both the most impactful winter storms here now.  Let’s see if this beast can match up to those two for my area. 

[dendrite]

5 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

We tried to tell ‘em….   But I think some of that was about the extreme cold.  But now we shift focus to extreme snowfall….winter 25-26 stepping it up further. 

Yup…although 2 days ago we were putting this storm in its grave. 

[WinterWolf]

11 minutes ago, Great Snow 1717 said:

Another reason why it is a great idea to at least have an indoor generator on hand..

More interested in if those folks admit that they were mistaken?  That would be nice. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

30 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

If Cory jacks but he’s not there, does he really jack?

That zone around Pawtucket/Foxboro/Brockton could see 36”

Yeah, feeling pretty good where I am right now.

[butterfish55]

Towns with poled lines (Mattapoisett) are in for a treat

Jerry flew all the way back from Florida for this....there's really no way you can go to Mattapoisett to experience it there? We need eyes on the ground on the south coast

[CoastalWx]

17 minutes ago, Cyclone-68 said:

Weird to consider that as a 57 year old who went through ‘78 that this could wind up as a top five storm for me 

Not sure a top 5r but a good one for sure. 

[CoastalWx]

Just now, butterfish55 said:

18 minutes ago, moneypitmike said:

Towns with poled lines (Mattapoisett) are in for a treat

Jerry flew all the way back from Florida for this....there's really no way you can go to Mattapoisett to experience it there? We need eyes on the ground on the south coast

I don’t know why he chooses to live with lobster traps on a lonely peninsula in Maine.

[Sey-Mour Snow]

12 hours ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

How far out was that 36-39?  I've blocked the whole thing from my memory.

This was Jan 25 2015 24 hours out.. 33-40" over my back yard only off by 30-36" lmao

[Greg]

7 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

Yeah, feeling pretty good where I am right now.cez

I'd say a line more from Putnum, CT through North Foster, RI, Mansfield, MA over to Brokton, MA will probably be the Jacks with this at about 30". Just a humble guess given the trajectory right now. I don't think 36" falls from this storm though. That's a little too high but with the snow already on the ground in many places already, people may actually record that number as total Snow Depth for a decent part of the forecasting area. 

[Great Snow 1717]

18 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

We tried to tell ‘em….   But I think some of that was about the extreme cold.  But now we shift focus to extreme snowfall….winter 25-26 stepping it up further. 

The cold ocean temp may keep things interesting for awhile...a good example is Friday night in my area..

[Kitz Craver]

9 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

More interested in if those folks admit that they were mistaken?  That would be nice. 

I went all in=>spooked=>back to all in, LOL

[Chrisrotary12]

Why am I still skeptical? Of winds… no. Of prolific snow…. Yeah a little. It’s just odd that thing wraps up of ACY… much prefer if that Y was a K.

[Go Kart Mozart]

2 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Final Call Blizzard of '26

https://easternmassweather.blogspot.com/2026/02/final-call-severe-winter-storm-imminent.html

Final Call:

 

First Call Issued Friday Feb 20 @ 8pm:

 

 

 

 

Wow, pushing more chips onto the table?  I feel like I am on Namstein Island don here, at least wrt to a history maker.

[Kitz Craver]

2 minutes ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

Wow, pushing more chips onto the table?  I feel like I am on Namstein Island don here, at least wrt to a history maker.

Southern CT could be ground zero

[Damage In Tolland]

With 50-70 mph winds regionwide no one is ever going to be able to measure correctly . Storms like this will have some wild numbers . No one will ever feel like they got the correct measurements 

[Sey-Mour Snow]

Just now, Kitz Craver said:

Southern CT could be ground zero

Im more guidance delays the occlusion and rapid deepening and shunts the goods further NE like 6z NAM , it's going to be full nudity for the CT weenies