Blizzard of 2026 Storm Thread/OBS

[MGorse]

The 18z HRRR, NAM and NAM 3km have all gone nuclear!! 

[BBasile]

4 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

Couldn't sleep last night im going to need 6 Valium to put me down tonight. Who's got some? 

Indica gummies.  zzzzzzz

[bringmesnow1]

I'm  in Europe watching the Olympics!  Thrilled to see the gold medal hockey game tomorrow but I fucking called this storm would verify because this was the one time I didn't want it to snow!  Had to postpone my trip home lol

[Birds~69]

Just now, JTA66 said:

Funny how so many of us are having 3/5/01 flashbacks (me included). I don’t recall feeling this way with PD II or the Jan 2016 storm.

Hopefully it just the part of me that can’t relax until I’m finally shoveling.

It's engraved in our memory bank. I think I was screwed up for a week straight following the bust. Still in my frontal upper lobe since which pops out on these such occasions. Imagine trying to tell a doctors this? You'll be in a straight jacket and on 40 meds in a jiffy and they will never look at you the same again. May receive monthly money assistance from the government and labeled as disabled...fun hobby this is for sure.  

49F

[Kevin Reilly]

5 minutes ago, ChescoWx said:

Come on I’m in the rip off zone only 18.5” must be sinking air between bands ehh I’m okay just noise.  

[JTA66]

Months ago the gf got us tickets to some play for tonight. How do I tell her I want to stay home and stare at weather models?

[The Iceman]

10 minutes ago, Ralph Wiggum said:

Couldn't sleep last night im going to need 6 Valium to put me down tonight. Who's got some? 

I’ve got an indica that rivals any of that 

[Heisy]

That NAM ends up following the SREF NMB member closely. Been tracking it run after run. Wherever that NMB model does with precip gradient the NAM follows.


Just a new trick If you want a sneak peak on where the NAM run will go an hour before it comes out

[Blue Dream]

1 minute ago, JTA66 said:

Months ago the gf got us tickets to some play for tonight. How do I tell her I want to stay home and stare at weather models?

My wife just told me she wish she made plans tonight…she’s over the models lol. 

[JTA66]

1 minute ago, Birds~69 said:

It's engraved in our memory bank. I think I was screwed up for a week straight following the bust. Still in my frontal upper lobe since which pops out on these such occasions. Imagine trying to tell a doctors this? You'll be in a straight jacket and on 40 meds in a jiffy and they will never look at you the same again. May receive monthly money assistance from the government and labeled as disabled...fun hobby this is for sure.  

49F

Thing is, it was a decent winter. But because of that debacle, it’s not fondly remembered.

[The Iceman]

5 minutes ago, bringmesnow1 said:

I'm  in Europe watching the Olympics!  Thrilled to see the gold medal hockey game tomorrow but I fucking called this storm would verify because this was the one time I didn't want it to snow!  Had to postpone my trip home lol

Jealous as hell, I think I’d trade going to the gold medal hockey game for this storm. Root team USA on to victory!!

[Heisy]

Funny how so many of us are having 3/5/01 flashbacks (me included). I don’t recall feeling this way with PD II or the Jan 2016 storm.
Hopefully it’s just the part of me that can’t relax until I’m finally shoveling.

I felt this way before the president day 2003 storm. Kept thinking the rug pull was coming since 2001 was so fresh

[BBasile]

That's basically just a cold hurricane at this point. 

[Duca892]

I wonder what it would for them to forecast those ridiculous totals for the Lehigh Valley lmfao 

[bringmesnow1]

5 minutes ago, The Iceman said:

Jealous as hell, I think I’d trade going to the gold medal hockey game for this storm. Root team USA on to victory!!

Fuck yeah I will be 

That said, I got to meet Jason Kelce last night!!

[wkd]

9 minutes ago, Heisy said:

That NAM ends up following the SREF NMB member closely. Been tracking it run after run. Wherever that NMB model does with precip gradient the NAM follows.


Just a new trick If you want a sneak peak on where the NAM run will go an hour before it comes out

where do you find that model?

[SP]

14 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

Months ago the gf got us tickets to some play for tonight. How do I tell her I want to stay home and stare at weather models?

show her this.....she will understand LOL

https://www.google.com/search?q=we+are+all+counting+on+you&oq=we+are+all+counting+on+you&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyCQgAEEUYORiABDIHCAEQABiABDIHCAIQABiABDILCAMQABgKGAsYgAQyCwgEEAAYChgLGIAEMgsIBRAAGAoYCxiABDILCAYQABgKGAsYgAQyCAgHEAAYFhgeMgoICBAAGAoYFhgeMgoICRAAGAoYFhge0gEJNjkyNGowajE1qAIIsAIB8QWa09D_W8nbMQ&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:44185d75,vid:JiA6Zv6tTo0,st:0

[BlueDXer75]

2 hours ago, The Iceman said:

First and only call:

shore points: 16-24”+ maybe a jackpot of 30” though I think 24” will be the lollipops. Potential for 30” is there though.

I 95/295/195/476 corridor 10-16” I think there will be lollipops of 20” wherever the 2nd deformation band away from the shore sets up in here. Unfortunately closer to 10” or possibly even a “bust” of 7-8” whoever gets caught in between the 2 deformation bands.

Lehigh Valley: 6-12” also depends on how far that deformation band makes it nw but I think at minimum 6” is looking like a good bet.

 

Mickeytims house: 0” … we can only hope.

i think this will be a region wide win. Some will just win more than others lol I expect tomorrow during the day will mostly be snow tv, possibly an inch or two on grassy surfaces but once the sun sets and intensity picks up it’s off to the races. 

Hey! I live in the same area as him! Don’t loop me in with him! 

[SP]

23 minutes ago, MGorse said:

The 18z HRRR, NAM and NAM 3km have all gone nuclear!! 

Hmmm.   Don't hear that from you .....as I look out from my office perch and chuckle at the view of the horse  farms still covered in snow and ice.

[PhiEaglesfan712]

14 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

Thing is, it was a decent winter. But because of that debacle, it’s not fondly remembered.

Yeah, then 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05 soon followed, and left 00-01 in the dust. If that 3/5/2001 storm even verified halfway, 00-01 would have been remembered in that great series of winters in the first half of the 2000s (with the exception of the obvious dud in 2001-02).

[snowwors2]

6 minutes ago, SP said:

Hmmm.   Don't hear that from you .....as I look out from my office perch and chuckle at the view of the horse  farms still covered in snow and ice.

Yep…I still have a solid 4” otg going into this storm‼️

[SP]

25 minutes ago, bringmesnow1 said:

I'm  in Europe watching the Olympics!  Thrilled to see the gold medal hockey game tomorrow but I fucking called this storm would verify because this was the one time I didn't want it to snow!  Had to postpone my trip home lol

poor guy has to suffer through a hockey game, pizza, amazing baked goods with no GMO, pasta, steaks and curling....... while we get plastered with snow on snow.  Of course it is always fun to tune up the old club cadet 3 stage, changed the oil, new pull start, tighten anything that was shaking, shimmying and swaying.   

 

going to be a hoot.  ya know.....one of those moments when your inner voice say's "gonna need a bigger boat"

 

[Eskimo Joe]

 

 

[Birds~69]

Just now, snowwors2 said:

Yep…I still have a solid 4” otg going into this storm‼️

Still 5-6' snow mounds in parking lots which refuse to melt.

Pretty sure the parking lot snow plow guys are weenies as well creating large piles is their thing...they may have bets who can create the largest pile?

[SP]

1 hour ago, Newman said:

18z HRRR... Lost for words

wow.      nasty.    kissing the goal posts (benchmark)

 

[snowwors2]

https://epawaweather.com/weather-alerts/

[SP]

8 minutes ago, Birds~69 said:

Still 5-6' snow mounds in parking lots which refuse to melt.

Pretty sure the parking lot snow plow guys are weenies as well creating large piles is their thing...they may have bets who can create the largest pile?

must be the plastics?

 

[LVblizzard]

Would not be surprised to see the NWS hoist blizzard warnings into PA tonight or early tomorrow.

[SP]

45 minutes ago, bringmesnow1 said:

I'm  in Europe watching the Olympics!  Thrilled to see the gold medal hockey game tomorrow but I fucking called this storm would verify because this was the one time I didn't want it to snow!  Had to postpone my trip home lol

Do us all a favor.....pop over to PizzaAM or Piz before they close.  grab a pie to two and document the great food we are all missing out on.   then go to hockey and enjoy 

 

[snowwors2]

LOVE that word “hoist”‼️