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

[weathafella]

4 minutes ago, wxsniss said:

0100 PM     Snow             Logan AP                42.36N 71.01W
02/23/2026  M14.4 Inch       Suffolk            MA   Official NWS Obs 

Logan should end up with @16-17 I think 

[moneypitmike]

16 minutes ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

This sums up the storm experience for the CTRV:

 

I know your pain.

[golfer67]

Are you guys in SE Mass and E RI still alive? Jesus that radar has been crazy all day...

There has to be a 40" report by the time this is done...

[CoastalWx]

Got to be 20-24" now. Neighbor can't even use his snowblower. Too dense. Will try later.

[tomcatct]

Hey when do you guys think the winds will die down down here around the Bridgeport area... hoping to get out there and clear the driveway sooner than later but it's pretty damn windy at the moment.

Ty

[dendrite]

PVD got 8x more snow than me in 1 hour

0.5” final

[bristolri_wx]

Just now, golfer67 said:

Are you guys in SE Mass and E RI still alive? Jesus that radar has been crazy all day...

Just opened the door to peak for the first time…

 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

Just now, The 4 Seasons said:

There's more sinking down about to be over you, maybe a little more?

And what part of Southbury??

Up the hill off exit 15, so like 2mi E. 

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

Just now, bristolri_wx said:

Just opened the door to peak for the first time…

 

That’s 3 ft

[DJln491]

meanwhile I'm dry slotted with maybe 7-8" 

[Vinny Findley]

10 minutes ago, TheSnowman said:

Just Came Across Live TV!!

BIGGEST STORM IN PROVIDENCE HISTORY.

 32.8” 

**The BLIZZARD OF 1978 has FALLEN**  

 

 

Depth wise officially yes but as far as coverage in a larger area and drift wise no. The winds created much higher drifts in 78. Maybe because it started with wet snow in this one that held the drifts back some. I'm 65 and could not believe the mountains of drifts as high as 20 feet. Downtown Providence started dumping the snow in the river. They stopped because it started damming up at the bridges and almost overflowed the river. I would give this a close 90% to the 78. Here I had 3 feet on my street. There's probably 2 1/2 feet on it now. Mcgee talking about front end payloaders to clear the streets just like 78. One of the parking garages in downtown Providence had a drift almost to the top of it! This one by far is the closest to the 78. We've had plenty of big storms since then and anyone who lived through 78 all had the same thing to say until now. Big storm but doesn't compare to 78. Can't really say that anymore!

[DomNH]

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

PVD got 8x more snow than me in 1 hour

0.5” final

I envy this almost as much as I do RI and SEMA. 

[bristolri_wx]

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

PVD got 8x more snow than me in 1 hour

0.5” final

That sucks.

[Hoth]

15 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

That was one of the most brutal beat downs ive ever witnessed. 3.8" under a ws warning. But dont worry it happened again on Mar 21st with 2". Good winter but some really bad busts in there

And people wonder why we get anxious when these systems show up. So many brutal busts this past decade.

[Masswx]

 

[butterfish55]

2 minutes ago, golfer67 said:

Are you guys in SE Mass and E RI still alive? Jesus that radar has been crazy all day...

There has to be a 40" report by the time this is done...

It's unbelievable.  The wind has calmed a little in the last hour.  But the heavy snow hasn't let up since i woke up at 6.  Just constant heavy snow all day

[OceanStWx]

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

PVD got 8x more snow than me in 1 hour

0.5” final

Congrats Dendrite!

[The 4 Seasons]

3 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Got to be 20-24" now. Neighbor can't even use his snowblower. Too dense. Will try later.

sux to be him! sucker!

[dendrite]

Just now, bristolri_wx said:

That sucks.

Don’t cry for me. I’ve had plenty of good storms. At least it was so little that I don’t have any cleanup. 

[codfishsnowman]

34 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Same....I alienate my family for days in the lead up to these things....up until 6AM doing a map that I just wiped my ass with, but that doesn't change how brutal it is to listen to/read....we've have both whined plenty already.....I suggest you do what I did and just remove yourself. I saw the writing the wall and passed out at 330 am and didn't look back. Let other people enjoy it.

Is it possible he is in some kind of local mini screw zone? I know he's a lot but he does seem really passionate about it. Too bad there wasn't someone down the street who could weigh in.

[Vinny Findley]

3 minutes ago, golfer67 said:

Are you guys in SE Mass and E RI still alive? Jesus that radar has been crazy all day...

There has to be a 40" report by the time this is done...

Looking out my front window I'm estimating about 2 1/2 feet on my street.

[SouthCoastMA]

1 hour ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

Low level enhancement picking up along canal.

@SouthCoastMAshould be noticing 

It's been decent the last hour, hopefully can add a few this afternoon to make it respectable, relatively speaking. The wind has been super impressive 

[dendrite]

Just now, OceanStWx said:

Congrats Dendrite!

The rare winter storm where it was more wintry before than after. 

[dryslot]

15 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

lol sorry to burst your bubble. 

Here...

Quite the exhaust pipe there holy shit.

[Greg]

14 minutes ago, bristolri_wx said:

We may not see another blizzard of 78 in our lifetime.  It's like the hurricane of 1938 of winter storms.  The way that low tucked in and then closed off and stalled - yet all the other pieces fell into place in 1978 seems to have not come close to have been replicated since then.
 

Today if we see a low that close to us on the models, we're thinking where is the mixing line going to setup!

In 1978 because that storm track came inside the benchmark, there was indeed a mixing line at the time. 

[dryslot]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Don’t cry for me. I’ve had plenty of good storms. At least it was so little that I don’t have any cleanup. 

Yeah not ours, My snow that is falling will end up in the foothills.

[OceanStWx]

1 minute ago, dendrite said:

The rare winter storm where it was more wintry before than after. 

This one's right up there with the St. Valentine's Day massacre of 2015 for GYX.

[ariof]

21 minutes ago, rockchalk83 said:

Lurking here, but according to NWS Boston, it sounds like Providence has bested the Blizzard of ‘78 with 32.8”! 16.5” coming in the last 6 hours! 

I heard the same thing. 40 is not out of the question!

[CT Valley Snowman]

signs the western band is collapsing a bit se we'll see what's left of it by the time it gets here

[Vinny Findley]

14 minutes ago, MarkO said:

My daughter is in Narragansett and the roads have not been touched. She's got to be closing in on 30" or so, but that's just a WAG based on radar returns.

Wouldn't doubt it one bit!