Blizzard of 2026 Storm Thread/OBS

[The Iceman]

3 minutes ago, Blue Dream said:

Nice man!  I’m in Falls too…I need a snowboard but most of my yard seemed to have like 17”. Maybe I was low!

Compaction for sure. Most of my yard is 17-18” depths now. I was measuring my snowboard every hour basically all night and I cleared the board at 11 pm so that’s why. You’re not supposed to clear it I think until 12 hours but I needed to because of the blowing. That could have inflated my total by an inch or two. Several other reports near by of 20+ though! 

[LVLion77]

Snow is melting quick here. A third of it is gone already.

The late February sun is brutal. It will all be gone by late tomorrow.

[MJO812]

[Blue Dream]

2 minutes ago, The Iceman said:

Compaction for sure. Most of my yard is 17-18” depths now. I was measuring my snowboard every hour basically all night and I cleared the board at 11 pm so that’s why. You’re not supposed to clear it I think until 12 hours but I needed to because of the blowing. That could have inflated my total by an inch or two. Several other reports near by of 20+ though! 

Amazing storm for our area for sure. I was pissed that I passed out before midnight and missed the deform band. Too many edibles 

[MJO812]

Still coming down nice here

[RedSky]

46 minutes ago, LVblizzard said:

Snow is melting quick here. A third of it is gone already.

You aren't joking i might be down to 7 or 8" already

This is why I always say I am a Dec to early Feb snow person before the sun angle season. Don't get me started on night vs day snow..

 

[RedSky]

4 minutes ago, Blue Dream said:

Amazing storm for our area for sure. I was pissed that I passed out before midnight and missed the deform band. Too many edibles 

Night heavy snow is a bummer just ruins it

[PhiEaglesfan712]

1 hour ago, RedSky said:

Can't wait for the regional totals breakdown from the NWS
 

Here you go: https://x.com/NWS_MountHolly/status/2026004588776829119

PHL - 14.0 (30.0 for the season)

ACY - 16.9

Trenton - 16.4

Mt. Holly office - 20.3

[RedSky]

DC 1"

Baltimore 1.90"

[Blue Dream]

1 minute ago, RedSky said:

DC 1"

Baltimore 1.90"

Damn that is a kick in the nuts. 

[Prairie Dog]

1 hour ago, LVLion77 said:

And furthermore, I think AccuWeather handled the storm much better than NWS. And don’t get me wrong, I’ve seen it go the other way plenty of times as well. NWS stubbornly held onto bad predictions in a huge swath of this region when we amateurs could see it was never going to verify. Earlier in the event, you could see where the banding was setting up. I believe it was the 11 PM update last night that NWS posted an additional 4 to 12 inches for the Lehigh Valley, which was just pure bullheaded stubbornness.

Well the infamous INACCU Weather blew it big time for guys like Iceman and me  We doubled their measly prediction   On a side note, they actually went to court to block NOAA from having an app  That's how cut throat they are, and their  pay rate is a joke.

Yes, AccuWeather, particularly through lobbying efforts by its former leadership, played a major role in preventing the National Weather Service (NWS/NOAA) from releasing its own official mobile app

to avoid competing with private sector weather companies. AccuWeather argued that the government should not compete with private apps, hindering the NWS from providing direct, official apps for years

[Prairie Dog]

6 minutes ago, PhiEaglesfan712 said:

Here you go: https://x.com/NWS_MountHolly/status/2026004588776829119

PHL - 14.0 (30.0 for the season)

ACY - 16.9

Trenton - 16.4

Mt. Holly office - 20.3

Here is another one

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=phi&issuedby=PHI&product=PNS

[RedSky]

Family member had to break out the snow shoes on the farm in Farmingdale, NJ

 

[PhiEaglesfan712]

Seeing the snow reports from Providence, those Baltimore/DC numbers are not surprising at all. I think most of us knew from the beginning the storm was going to hit the Baltimore/DC area or Providence/Boston, but not both.

[hosj III]

I wonder what total precipitation amounts were, roughly 10% of snowfall?

[JTA66]

Seems like the windiest part of the storm in my backyard is now.

[JTA66]

26 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Wasn't he another one saying no storm?

[jwilson]

Storm totals remind me of those events in 2009/10, only cut East to West instead of South to North.  Experienced some rough gradients back then.  Subsidence next to the primary convection is unforgiving.

Also, I've noticed Mt. Holly tends to have an underlying tendency towards aggressive forecasting, and I say that as someone that doesn't live in the CWA full-time, anymore.  I think that's just their forecasting philosophy or preference.

[PhiEaglesfan712]

5 minutes ago, RedSky said:

Family member had to break out the snow shoes on the farm in Farmingdale, NJ

 

What a difference a week makes. Last Monday, my sister wore her sneakers for the first time this season, and we went on a walk around the neighborhood.

Now, we have a lot of snow to shovel. (We've been out at least twice now. Me three times.)

[ChescoWx]

22 minutes ago, Prairie Dog said:

Well the infamous INACCU Weather blew it big time for guys like Iceman and me  We doubled their measly prediction   On a side note, they actually went to court to block NOAA from having an app  That's how cut throat they are, and their  pay rate is a joke.

Yes, AccuWeather, particularly through lobbying efforts by its former leadership, played a major role in preventing the National Weather Service (NWS/NOAA) from releasing its own official mobile app

to avoid competing with private sector weather companies. AccuWeather argued that the government should not compete with private apps, hindering the NWS from providing direct, official apps for years

I use the NWS NOW app it has the NWS forecast and forecast discussions etc. great app!! It is my go to app!! https://www.nwsnow.net/

[The Iceman]

Somehow it’s still snowing here and honestly picked back up a little bit. Full 24 hours of snow now. 30 hours of precipitation. The band that just won’t die 

[Birds~69]

34 minutes ago, RedSky said:

You aren't joking i might be down to 7 or 8" already

This is why I always say I am a Dec to early Feb snow person before the sun angle season. Don't get me started on night vs day snow..

 

By far. I enjoyed the first storm quite a bit more than yesterday. This one is already kinda sloppy looking. Still cool to look at when it's happening but the lifespan is much shorter come late Feb heading into March...

36F/cloudy

[Prairie Dog]

9 minutes ago, ChescoWx said:

I use the NWS NOW app it has the NWS forecast and forecast discussions etc. great app!! It is my go to app!! https://www.nwsnow.net/

Thanks appreciate the link!

[Birds~69]

22 minutes ago, JTA66 said:

Seems like the windiest part of the storm in my backyard is now.

Yep, better gust today than any time yesterday...

[The Iceman]

Various pics of the storm and aftermath and one of my cat watching the snow out the window like her daddy.

 

 

[hosj III]

Super low impact storm in the city. Sidewalks and roads 100% clear. 

[21chuck]

22 minutes ago, hosj III said:

Super low impact storm in the city. Sidewalks and roads 100% clear. 

Agree this feels way lower impact than the system 4 weeks ago ironically. 

[kickingupastorm]

8 minutes ago, 21chuck said:

Agree this feels way lower impact than the system 4 weeks ago ironically. 

The bitter cold that followed for a full month and the ice on top of the snow made it worse.

[KamuSnow]

Very much enjoyed this storm! Final total here was 10.4", the low end of the forecast, but we made double digits for the first time in years here. Nice noreaster, reminded me of a couple of coastal storms from yesteryear, starting as rain and changing to snow as it got going.

Lost power for 15 minutes last night, no biggie. Only downside is the wet snow at the beginning did a number on the bamboo, then it just kept piling on, as you can see in the pic.  There is a tent under the bamboo, lol. But yeah, thoroughly enjoyed it!

Gives this winter an A grade for me.  Snow total so far is 34.5", above average for sure. The snow pile is content as well, lol.

[hosj III]

13 minutes ago, 21chuck said:

Agree this feels way lower impact than the system 4 weeks ago ironically. 

This will forever be remembered for me as the winter of two storms, one that wasn't a blizzard but felt like one and the other that was a blizzard but didn't feel like one.