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

[butterfish55]

Radar looks to rot this band over us here. Just nonstop with the wind gusts and heavy heavy snow

[codfishsnowman]

35 minutes ago, Greg said:

It will be tracking just southeast of the benchmark but not well southeast. If that was the case, I would only be getting an inch or 2 of fluff out of the whole thing.

Looks pretty far SE to me.

[Diggiebot]

9 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Meh… give me 990 mb just southeast of ACK all day.

Blizzard vs nh regular storm 

[mostman]

That west band may be starting to sink, I’m slipping into subby now. 

[MegaMike]

3 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

My brother measured (somehow) 16” in Foxboro

There are two observations in Foxboro of 19.3" (~9am) and 16" (8am). That checks out.

Not directed to you, but the Taunton/Norton/Mansfield observations (circled below) need to be updated. They must be approaching 16+" by now.

E. Providence w/a 20" observation now too. Good for them!

[Baroclinic Zone]

840 AM update:

SPC mesoanalysis indicating 973 mb low just south of the
benchmark. Winds are backing more to the N and allowing colder
air to filter south and east into SE MA where temps have fallen
to 30F, and upper 20s at BOS. As the storm gets east of 70W
this colder air will reach SE coastal MA by midday and
eventually Cape Cod early afternoon. This is good news as snow
character will become drier. Eventually the mesoscale band
impacting RI and SE MA will clops and move eastward by 18z
reducing the heavy snowfall rates.

[ineedsnow]

epic outside continuous heavy snow under this band

[HoarfrostHubb]

In a decent secondary band now.  This is pretty good

[Baroclinic Zone]

1 minute ago, MegaMike said:

There are two observations in Foxboro of 19.3" (~9am) and 16" (8am). That checks out.

Not directed to you, but the Taunton/Norton/Mansfield observations (circled below) need to be updated. They must be approaching 16+" by now.

E. Providence w/a 20" observation now too. Good for them!

I’m just south and I see the the 16-20” so I’m right in that range as well now.

[deathstar9]

18 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

966mb at 7am South of BM impressive.. 

With a 1046mb high north if MN.  Never seen an 80mb pressure gradient before.

[ineedsnow]

just looked at the radar again this band over me is looking even better now

[ineedsnow]

Just now, HoarfrostHubb said:

In a decent secondary band now.  This is pretty good

its been nuts here for awhile.. glad your in some of it now

[moneypitmike]

Based on sound, we just had our strongest gusts of the storm so far now.

[met_fan]

1 hour ago, codfishsnowman said:

Ten am lol...two hours and it hasn't started yet

Probably just a stat padder. Hopefully we get a little more after this one and we will at least make average for the year.

What do you consider average around here? Something like 45"-50"?

[NeonPeon]

15 minutes ago, Sey-Mour Snow said:

You guys must be doing 4" per hour and approaching 24-30"

I have been out a few times to attempt to check and it's utterly pointless. There are bare patches and 5 foot drifts. My little back garden looks like approaching 2 feet but it's a guess. The snow is very very heavy and caked.

[Go Kart Mozart]

Power just came back here, out since 530.  Any reports on that band in western CT?

[snjókoma]

My folks in South Kingstown RI say they’ve had 10” since 7 AM

[DomNH]

Subsidence is just relentless. Damn.

[Damage In Tolland]

Can finally say just light snow here now . I don’t know what to think about the rest of the day . I don’t think that band out east comes west. I guess the hope is the one to the NW pivots and sits this afternoon like some guidance shows 

[MegaMike]

2 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

I’m just south and I see the the 16-20” so I’m right in that range as well now.

That's about what I expected.

My brother in Norton looks to have ~16" with drifts approaching 3'.

Good to see Providence and Attlehole doing well.

[CoastalWx]

1 minute ago, snjókoma said:

My folks in South Kingstown RI say they’ve had 10” since 7 AM

Over 2' there now.

[weatherwiz]

19 minutes ago, FXWX said:

Just hit 58 mph here; ~1,200'

some pretty impressive gusts here over the past 20-30 minutes. some big tome roars 

[ORH_wxman]

13” here now or so (very tough to measure but it’s def close to that. Might be more but staying relatively conservative) 
 

Epic over SE MA. 
 

Im on the northwest edge of the good stuff but nothing like RI and further SE
 

[CoastalWx]

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

Can finally say just light snow here now . I don’t know what to think about the rest of the day . I don’t think that band out east comes west. I guess the hope is the one to the NW pivots and sits this afternoon like some guidance shows 

Should migrate east there. Probably another several inches.

[ineedsnow]

Just now, Damage In Tolland said:

Can finally say just light snow here now . I don’t know what to think about the rest of the day . I don’t think that band out east comes west. I guess the hope is the one to the NW pivots and sits this afternoon like some guidance shows 

I'm hoping this band over me stays steady for a bit

[Sey-Mour Snow]

3 minutes ago, NeonPeon said:

I have been out a few times to attempt to check and it's utterly pointless. There are bare patches and 5 foot drifts. My little back garden looks like approaching 2 feet but it's a guess. The snow is very very heavy and caked.

Looks like those rates have been in east central Rhode Island for 6-7 hours 

[Damage In Tolland]

Just now, CoastalWx said:

Should migrate east there. Probably another several inches.

Ok that’s good . 

[Greg]

1 minute ago, DomNH said:

Subsidence is just relentless. Damn.

There is a lot of dry air Northwest of that 495 belt this time. Really hinders snow development. Seen this in many storms form.

[ScituateWX]

EPIC here in Pembroke!  Heading to Scituate shortly to plow some snow.

[Hoth]

Subby hole filling a bit. Much better flakes the last ten minutes. Hope that trend continues. In other news, my office closed for the first time in memory. Snow removal teams report cars stuck all over New Haven.