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

[dendrite]

3 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

did we ever clear up the fact that it has to be a total of 3 hours not necessarily consecutive? I remember that was a controversy during the Blizzard of 2005 or 2006 i cant remember. Is it consecutive or total, the wording on some of the definitions was never clear

Consecutive…although they have been a bit more lax on the definition in the last decade. Like allowing for 1/4sm rather than M1/4sm and being more liberal on the “frequent gusts”. Although I don’t think a random 1/2sm ob in the middle of it should negate it.

[EastonSN+]

Just now, Sey-Mour Snow said:

ya sucks to have such massive numbers all around us again .. local minimum.. 16-24" in all directions.. except hartford county is a min with 6-10"

I have to measure i must be at 15 now.

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

Just woke up. Visibility is feet, all windows are pasted with snow. Can’t see shit

[EastonSN+]

2 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

ya sucks to have such massive numbers all around us again .. local minimum.. 16-24" in all directions.. except hartford county is a min with 6-10"

Looking at the radar its starting to fill in around Norwalk and Stamford and the radar is now moving towards a north south orientation. The HRRR parks it over us for an hour or two albeit a bit weaker.

[George001]

I just went back outside to measure. This is 2-3 inch an hour snow. 

[Mj-pvd]

plows gave up looks like,  haven’t seen one since 4.  They were out early tho.  Drifts are crazy got a 5 footer along my fence

[Greg]

5 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

did we ever clear up the fact that it has to be a total of 3 hours not necessarily consecutive? I remember that was a controversy during the Blizzard of 2005 or 2006 i cant remember. Is it consecutive or total, the wording on some of the definitions was never clear

It needs to be consecutive to qualify.

[CoastalWx]

Back to very heavy again. Has to be at least a foot now or close.

[WxWatcher007]

21G40 at HFD--SN, blowing snow, and FZFG

[CoastalWx]

Band trying tp tickle Will's bum from south.

[moneypitmike]

SE Mass destroya!

Remove the first hour from this, but still....insanity for that area.

[WxWatcher007]

5 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

ya sucks to have such massive numbers all around us again .. local minimum.. 16-24" in all directions.. except hartford county is a min with 6-10"

We knew the risks here, though it seems like my area is just enough south to escape the worst of it. Let's see what this jebwalk looks like though. 

[wx_observer]

977 MB surface pressure at the dropsonde closest to the storm center.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/recon/

[Baroclinic Zone]

Just getting raked here. Best storm since 2015

[dendrite]

The mesonalysis fronto posted earlier showed it well, but there are your two main areas of forcing now. E MA is almost like a firehose right now. Then there’s the deformation further west. I think that will rot a bit and slowly move east.

[weatherwiz]

One good thing about these high wind events is you don't have to clean off the car. It's underrated how much having to clean off the car adds to cleaning up the driveway, especially in the area of the car and if you have multiple cars next to each other

[Spaizzo]

That death band over Danbury to Central Park is just PARKED there. Hope it collapses over us.
 

Some idiot Danbury’s person was complaining at like 3 am saying another bust I hope that person ends up with 4 feet


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[Sey-Mour Snow]

Euro had the track right along with rgem in the last 24-48 hours .. however the American guidance nailed the extreme precip.. Storm is tracking well SE of the benchmark 

[Kitz Craver]

Looks like the hole future radar depicted ripping through central CT could be real. 

[Damage In Tolland]

Islip has 24”

[WxWatcher007]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

The mesonalysis fronto posted earlier showed it well, but there are your two main areas of forcing now. E MA is almost like a firehose right now. Then there’s the deformation further west. I think that will rot a bit and slowly move east.

What do you think of hi res like the HRRR trying to eject a band west back this way later in the morning/afternoon?

[Baroclinic Zone]

I’d say TAN is reaching Blizzard criteria.

[ineedsnow]

heaviest snow of the day this is insane

[Scott Koziara]

21 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

Good ole Metherb. Miss that dude 

The Skiing Weatherman Herb Stevens??

[HoarfrostHubb]

6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Back to very heavy again. Has to be at least a foot now or close.

I was told you would only get 6” of sand that would blow into the ocean

[Sey-Mour Snow]

Blizzard verified for all the shoreline UPTON locations they just reported 7 sites

[butterfish55]

In the middle of the band. Wind is nonstop. Visibility is zero. 24" seems doable by this afternoon/evening

[HoarfrostHubb]

4 minutes ago, dendrite said:

The mesonalysis fronto posted earlier showed it well, but there are your two main areas of forcing now. E MA is almost like a firehose right now. Then there’s the deformation further west. I think that will rot a bit and slowly move east.

Yay. I’m in between!

[shawnmov]

Radar not showing it in our area, but 1.5" last hour - up to 8" now.  Still waiting to see if the big band pivots in.

[Hoth]

25 minutes ago, dan11295 said:

RI is making up for those times it got the screw zone in other events,

What a month there. Didn't they snag like a foot in that norlun?