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

[wxsniss]

35 minutes ago, Boston Bulldog said:

Pretty good illustration of the dry air eroding thanks to easterly flow providing the boost necessary to get the column saturated. That said, still sputtering in the South End, let's get this going ASAP

Aside from the fronto bands moving north, I think you can see influx of echoes blossoming off the ocean

Finally some steady light snow and blustery in Brookline just west of city

Just catching up, want to compare mesoanalysis with upstream obs... hoping that h7 / h85 fronto off DE/NJ translates up here as low deepens

[Heat Miser]

3 inches here in the CT river valley, really unimpressive snow growth to this point.

[ORH_wxman]

1.5” 

[Spanks45]

Just made my 6 hr clearing...5.3" so far, radar is definitely starting to look like swiss cheese, assuming the hrrr and other mesos are correct, it should fill back in later. Snow is still pretty wet, sticking to everything, temp down to 29.7⁰

[LSC97wxnut]

Starting to hear the wind above and the snow is getting a bit more steady.

Storm is getting "that look" all big ones do on IR with the colder tops spinning out from the center.

[WxWatcher007]

4 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

1.5” 

I don't hate that trajectory for here...provided we don't rip a massive slot. 

[NeonPeon]

3" of the squeaky stuff. Gusts to 30 and just steadily increasing.

[dendrite]

Couple of CGs near BID

[HIPPYVALLEY]

9 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

1.5” 

Oh, we’re barely .50” here.  
Arctic sand for 10 minutes at a time interspersed with minute long bursts of decent snow growth.  

[MuddyWx]

What a pivot on Delaware

[tiger_deF]

Road still doesn't have any accumulation. Maybe 0.25" 3 miles NW of Boston

[40/70 Benchmark]

15 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

1.5” 

Just a light sugar-coating.

Maybe CT sneaks in some higher-end totals, but gonna sell that for most of the area...this is taking off too far to the south.

[Torch Tiger]

31 minutes ago, WxWatcher007 said:

Not trying to be APATT, but it's no surprise to me that there a relative minimum there. They're smack in between SN+ to the NW and SN+ to the SE. I really do think we just have to try to stack up as much as we can as we're under the banding and then hope that the organization of the low doesn't rob us of moisture too much before the real nuke detonates offshore after about 4am. 

concerns 

[40/70 Benchmark]

You never see a wound up coastal dump widespread 20-30" in Delaware and then pull it off up here.

[weathafella]

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

You never see a wound up coastal dump widespread 20-30" in Delaware and then pull it off up here.

PD2 but it wasn’t as wound up.

[WxWatcher007]

3" in the last two hours. Up to 4.5" and still ripping outside. 

Wind definitely picking up some, but still nothing crazy.

SN 29.9/28

[NeonPeon]

That band over Delaware is seriously impressive.

[Torch Tiger]

may be years and years until we see this again, so ...

[40/70 Benchmark]

1 minute ago, weathafella said:

PD2 but it wasn’t as wound up.

Exactly.....Jan 1996 wasn't, either....those very cold systems can pull it off, but when these dynamic bombs don't do it.

[40/70 Benchmark]

1 minute ago, NeonPeon said:

That band over Delaware is seriously impressive.

Yea, all I need to see...LBSW.

Gonna shower and pass out so I can sweep my snow tomorrow.

[otree38]

Snow and wind starting to finally pick up but still meh

[ineedsnow]

LFG!!! 

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

You never see a wound up coastal dump widespread 20-30" in Delaware and then pull it off up here.

I’m not sure we see anything over 16”-18” anywhere in New England.  
 

[WxWatcher007]

Love seeing heavy echoes redevelop and rotate into CT from the SE. Rates are down to -SN here but growth is very good. Get that SE stuff up here and we're really in business. 

[CCHurricane]

Just now, HIPPYVALLEY said:

I’m not sure we see anything over 16”-18” anywhere in New England.  
 

SE MA (Taunton down to Upper Cape) should push +18" without too much trouble, even with expected QPF being cut back.

[Heisy]

Death band down here just outside Philly is insane

[40/70 Benchmark]

2 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

I’m not sure we see anything over 16”-18” anywhere in New England.  
 

Maybe in CT...but I'm taking 20-30".....someone will see over a foot, easy.

[WxWatcher007]

 

[ORH_wxman]

Pounding in this right now. About 2” eyeballing 

 

[Ginx snewx]

32 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

1.5” 

6 new pound me town in waves. Wind slacks snow slacks then big gust then big snows. Snow blower did 3/4 drive way then "you picked a fine time to leave me Lucille " Too dark and cold to figure it out. Save for first light. 

Beautiful radar