"Don’t do it" 2026 Blizzard obs, updates and pictures.

[mikes65]

Easily still over a foot otg here.. 12 to 16ish probably

Yeah, this is pretty much my only solace in the fact that I'll post some of the lowest snow totals In SNE out of this storm, along with my bud Hippy.

Those dudes getting 24"+ will have their snow sucked away and I'll still have a pack.

Edit: I have no idea what happened to my old account... Been lurking continuously but the moment I try to post I can't.

Professional Lurker here.

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[mahk_webstah]

42 minutes ago, ineedsnow said:

Looks like the 9z HRRR is about 25 miles or so north of 6z at hour 18 and looking even better

Please just a little push north that doesn’t hurt any of you all down south, but gets a few more of us up here in the game. I think it’s a possibility. Strong storms like this do tend to push north a bit but then there’s also a brutal gradient. We all know this too well. 

[CoastalWx]

My sunny torched sloped front still has like 8-10”. Back gets some sun but about 12-15”. More shady areas have more. Gonna be a heck of a pack.

[Modfan2]

10 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

My sunny torched sloped front still has like 8-10”. Back gets some sun but about 12-15”. More shady areas have more. Gonna be a heck of a pack.

Wow, more than I have here. I have 6-8 in southern areas, maybe 8-12 in shaded areas

[CoastalWx]

Just now, Modfan2 said:

Wow, more than I have here. I have 6-8 in southern areas, maybe 8-12 in shaded areas

It definitely varies. Some yards less. 

[Greg]

Same here. 6-8"most places then about 8-10" in shady areas. Interesting displacement of the snow still on the ground.

[Snowcrazed71]

Did someone already 06z NAM?!

 

[UnitedWx]

25 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

My sunny torched sloped front still has like 8-10”. Back gets some sun but about 12-15”. More shady areas have more. Gonna be a heck of a pack.

About the same here in Westfield 

[Johnno]

Definitely going to be special around here to have this fall on existing pack, most of the big uns around here started from basically bare ground 

[CoastalWx]

Gorgeous sun rise. 

[dendrite]

11° clear and caked in snow

Getting an ob in while I can 

[The 4 Seasons]

1 hour ago, Greg said:

Sure, that's upper level low about to help draw in the main system that will form down off the Carolinas, but I just generally start counting specifically when the ocean storm itself starts to hit us. To me it just seems more legit to start counting then instead of these little disturbances/ flurries that pass now and again. That's all really IMHO.

i feel you and I'm just having a discussion because I'm curious how people feel about this. I consider it all part of the "storm" from 500 to the sfc so if the same thing happens on the back side a day later from the ULL energy swinging through I'd count that as well. On the flip side i would count this on the front end. For example Feb 1-3rd 2021, the main part of the storm ended around or just before midnight on the 1st but the ULL parked there for a  couple days and we got scattered snow showers/squalls that produced additional snowfall and that was counted. SeymourSnow got an additional 1.5" ish nearly 24-36hrs after the main part ended and that pushed him from 16.5 up to 18. I feel like the COOP and climate sites would add it to the final storm total. It's just personal preference i guess. This is another factor that contributes to highly varying snow totals in large long duration storms, along with clearing every 6hrs or greater. I'm curious what @dendrite thinks about this, should you add this mornings light snow to the overall storm total? Looking at cocorahs there's some towns that reported a few tenths up to a half inch this morning at 7AM. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

51 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Gorgeous sun rise. 

Was gonna say. Epic.

broken overcast now but that is waning.

[Sey-Mour Snow]

30 degrees. .2" new steady very light snow..

[dendrite]

31 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

i feel you and I'm just having a discussion because I'm curious how people feel about this. I consider it all part of the "storm" from 500 to the sfc so if the same thing happens on the back side a day later from the ULL energy swinging through I'd count that as well. On the flip side i would count this on the front end. For example Feb 1-3rd 2021, the main part of the storm ended around or just before midnight on the 1st but the ULL parked there for a  couple days and we got scattered snow showers/squalls that produced additional snowfall and that was counted. SeymourSnow got an additional 1.5" ish nearly 24-36hrs after the main part ended and that pushed him from 16.5 up to 18. I feel like the COOP and climate sites would add it to the final storm total. It's just personal preference i guess. This is another factor that contributes to highly varying snow totals in large long duration storms, along with clearing every 6hrs or greater. I'm curious what @dendrite thinks about this, should you add this mornings light snow to the overall storm total? Looking at cocorahs there's some towns that reported a few tenths up to a half inch this morning at 7AM. 

Yeah I’d probably just include it in with the system 

[dendrite]

Not many clouds but nice sunrise here glistening the snow in the trees. 

[Go Kart Mozart]

It's snowing in Trumbull.

[dendrite]

Look at that shitstreak dry air trying to put up a fight

[Ginx snewx]

7 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Not many clouds but nice sunrise here glistening the snow in the trees. 

Gorgeous full clouds here. About half inch last night think it snowed for like 4 hours 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

Wasn’t expecting a fresh half inch of snow this morning.  Looks like some moisture rolled through around 6 AM. 

[Shaun Curry]

32 minutes ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

It's snowing in Trumbull.

My hometown, although I haven't lived there since 1982 and my parents moved full-time to Rhode Island in the late 1990s.  It will, however, always hold a place in the heart.  Sorry for being off topic.

[Sey-Mour Snow]

Surprised by how steady the snow is, small flakes 

[WinterWolf]

1 minute ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

Surprised by how steady the snow is, small flakes 

Gonna be a good one bro…let’s do it. 

[Go Kart Mozart]

Falling snow much better than radar would indicate.

[Brewbeer]

Light flurries here, 32/27.  There's a little less than 8 inches of pack behind the house on the south-facing rear patio, should be a good location to benefit from drifting off the roof:

[klw]

about 26-28" here as a pack, I am happy to have this be mostly south of me as my back needs a rest.

 

[The 4 Seasons]

Radar reminds me a lot of Jan 2011 as the storm was pulling up

 

[WinterWolf]

34 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

Radar reminds me a lot of Jan 2011 as the storm was pulling up

 

That was a great system…And whole month. 

[DavisStraight]

21 minutes ago, WinterWolf said:

That was a great system…And whole month. 

Good pack year, this year has been a good pack year and about to get into epic territory.

[Go Kart Mozart]

Interesting echoes moving westward across NJ.