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

[dendrite]

Just now, dryslot said:

This was the first map

 

I did alright here…over 13”

[jbenedet]

I’m back to highest rates of the storm. Solid moderate with a band intensifying overhead. Thinking the last quarter of this will really stack up this evening here.

[TheClimateChanger]

15 minutes ago, dendrite said:

PVD SNINCR 2/39

Wow! Impressive, matches the highest depth on record at Erie and just 5" shy of Buffalo's record. Just a complete framemogging though. Buffalo and Erie people be like "we got 40" of snow on the ground but 100" of fake effect snow fell over the last 2 1/2 days" and you guys are like "we got 40" of snow and 40" of snow fell in the last 12 hours and it's not even the dry, powdery fake stuff."

[butterfish55]

8 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Dude 40 ?

There was still about a foot back there from the SWFE last month.  Very little melting in the back yard.  Thinking we're around 30" from this storm

[moneypitmike]

We shouid all lift a glass to James.

[dryslot]

Just now, dendrite said:

This was the first map

 

I did alright here…over 13”

Yikes, That looked nothing like that other one 

[Greg]

16 minutes ago, Chrisrotary12 said:

Just to make myself feel better about this disaster, I spent my lunch break going through 4 Seasons weather archive and GYX’s storm archive to develop a few statistics. Average nearly a 12” storm a year. 

That top 1 33.2" doesn't look correct. Looks either more like a depth or total that was measured incorrectly.

Sum	1007	330	-	-	1339	0	3.89	33.7	-
Average	32.5	10.6	21.6	-2.6	-	-	-	-	4.0
Normal	34.5	13.8	24.2	-	1266	0	3.00	M	-
2015-01-01	30	7	18.5	-7.1	46	0	0.00	0.0	0
2015-01-02	34	16	25.0	-0.4	40	0	0.00	0.0	0
2015-01-03	40	16	28.0	2.8	37	0	0.00	0.0	0
2015-01-04	34	17	25.5	0.4	39	0	1.24	2.4	2
2015-01-05	46	32	39.0	14.1	26	0	0.03	0.0	2
2015-01-06	34	8	21.0	-3.8	44	0	T	T	2
2015-01-07	19	3	11.0	-13.6	54	0	0.01	0.3	2
2015-01-08	26	-8	9.0	-15.5	56	0	T	T	2
2015-01-09	23	-1	11.0	-13.4	54	0	0.08	0.8	3
2015-01-10	29	4	16.5	-7.8	48	0	0.02	0.4	2
2015-01-11	25	2	13.5	-10.7	51	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-12	33	7	20.0	-4.1	45	0	0.03	0.2	2
2015-01-13	38	11	24.5	0.5	40	0	0.03	0.0	2
2015-01-14	22	1	11.5	-12.4	53	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-15	26	8	17.0	-6.9	48	0	T	T	2
2015-01-16	30	13	21.5	-2.3	43	0	0.01	0.1	2
2015-01-17	39	3	21.0	-2.7	44	0	T	T	2
2015-01-18	28	5	16.5	-7.2	48	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-19	44	27	35.5	11.8	29	0	0.86	0.0	1
2015-01-20	43	25	34.0	10.4	31	0	0.00	0.0	T
2015-01-21	38	13	25.5	1.9	39	0	0.00	0.0	T
2015-01-22	33	16	24.5	0.9	40	0	0.00	0.0	T
2015-01-23	38	15	26.5	2.9	38	0	0.00	0.0	T
2015-01-24	38	22	30.0	6.4	35	0	T	T	T
2015-01-25	37	26	31.5	7.8	33	0	0.55	6.5	7
2015-01-26	38	6	22.0	-1.7	43	0	0.00	0.0	6
2015-01-27	24	8	16.0	-7.7	49	0	0.37	6.8	12
2015-01-28	20	13	16.5	-7.3	48	0	0.57	15.2	19
2015-01-29	26	-10	8.0	-15.9	57	0	0.00	0.0	16
2015-01-30	39	16	27.5	3.6	37	0	0.04	0.3	16
2015-01-31	33	9	21.0	-3.0	44	0	0.05	0.7	16

 

[Ginx snewx]

38 otg ties 2011 

70 YTD 

[TheSnowman]

To Bristol RI and Torch and JackAss and the rest of you whom are sick of my Bitching.  HERE IS MY PROOF!  There’s No Way I have 20”+.  

 

[OceanStWx]

 

4 minutes ago, dryslot said:

Is that the one that had the Nolrlun? And PWM was forecast to get a 12” they got 0?

I believe they got 2" 

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Brutal. But we did actually get those 20+ totals in the south.

[FRWEATHA]

Still moderate to heavy snow here. Going to be a couple of days at least for things to open up. 

[TheClimateChanger]

1 minute ago, Greg said:

That top 1 33.2" doesn't look correct. Looks either more like a depth or total that was measured incorrectly.

Climatological Data for NASHUA 2 NNW, NH - January 2015
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

2015-01-01	28	11	19.5	-6.5	45	0	0.00	0.0	0
2015-01-02	32	17	24.5	-1.3	40	0	0.00	0.0	0
2015-01-03	39	17	28.0	2.4	37	0	0.00	0.0	0
2015-01-04	33	17	25.0	-0.4	40	0	1.34	2.3	2
2015-01-05	44	30	37.0	11.8	28	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-06	44	11	27.5	2.5	37	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-07	44	5	24.5	-0.3	40	0	T	0.0	2
2015-01-08	22	-5	8.5	-16.1	56	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-09	21	-4	8.5	-16.0	56	0	T	0.0	2
2015-01-10	27	4	15.5	-8.8	49	0	0.61	2.2	4
2015-01-11	28	2	15.0	-9.2	50	0	0.00	0.0	3
2015-01-12	29	4	16.5	-7.5	48	0	T	0.0	2
2015-01-13	36	15	25.5	1.6	39	0	0.07	0.2	2
2015-01-14	36	1	18.5	-5.3	46	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-15	23	4	13.5	-10.2	51	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-16	29	15	22.0	-1.6	43	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-17	36	5	20.5	-3.0	44	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-01-18	25	5	15.0	-8.5	50	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-01-19	45	21	33.0	9.6	32	0	0.90	0.0	1
2015-01-20	41	28	34.5	11.1	30	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-01-21	37	15	26.0	2.7	39	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-01-22	37	14	25.5	2.2	39	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-01-23	M	M	M	M	M	M	0.00	0.0	T
2015-01-24	37	16	26.5	3.2	38	0	T	T	0
2015-01-25	31	23	27.0	3.7	38	0	0.55	7.5	7
2015-01-26	36	6	21.0	-2.3	44	0	0.00	0.0	7
2015-01-27	22	6	14.0	-9.4	51	0	0.66	7.5	15
2015-01-28	22	6	14.0	-9.4	51	0	0.65	23.0	23
2015-01-29	24	-8	8.0	-15.5	57	0	0.00	0.0	20
2015-01-30	34	-7	13.5	-10.1	51	0	0.04	T	18
2015-01-31	32	9	20.5	-3.1	44	0	0.15	3.0	19

Looks like it. What's interesting is even that only sums to 30.5 inches.

[wx2fish]

7.8" @ 2pm. Heaviest snow since early this morning as the backedge tries to ramp up a bit. 

[ScituateMA]

7 minutes ago, SouthCoastMA said:

Just lost power. I'm must've been one of the few left on the Cape to lose it this late

Bummer. You definitely were.

[sophware]

Just in case anyone is compulsively in need, like me, of the "official" notation.

Reminder: PVD airport a.k.a. KPVD is not in Providence or Providence County.

[moneypitmike]

19 minutes ago, dendrite said:

PVD SNINCR 2/39

There were 4" on the ground so this is 35" on the storm?

[wxsniss]

Back to heavy rates in Boston with this band setting up

We continue this for several hours Logan will break 18"

[OceanStWx]

20 minutes ago, acoolerclimate said:

Thanks. Depressing, but thanks. Weird they wouldn't just put that data into the Local Climatological Data. 

Once a certain amount of time passes it is no longer a local WFO thing. Only NCEI can change it, so IIRC when Will pieced together the missing records it was too late for BOX to change things. And NCEI is notoriously unwilling to change data (with good reason, don't need ulterior motives driving data changes).

[amarshall]

We better see some tanks and blackhawks.




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[dendrite]

Just now, moneypitmike said:

There were 4" on the ground so this is 35" on the storm?

There was 5”

But they officially had 32.8” at the 37” depth (+32”) ob so another 1.5-2.4”/hr puts the official at 34-35”

[RCola]

14 minutes ago, dan11295 said:

Looks like echoes near PVD starting to lighten up some, But seems reasonable PVD gets to at least 36" at this point

The echoes look lighter but it’s just as strong as it has been. I think we push 38”.

This is a full corpse rotting in this band. Never in my years studying weather have I seen a mesoband this persistent outside lake effect or ocean effect snow.

[Go Kart Mozart]

Have the divers found Ray's body yet?

[jculligan]

6.5" total in Salem NH. Hoping for some mid-level magic to get us closer to double digits by the time all is said and done this evening. 23" OTG.

[78Blizzard]

5 minutes ago, TheSnowman said:

To Bristol RI and Torch and JackAss and the rest of you Sick of my Bitching.  HERE IS MY PROOF!  

 

Reports have come in that Providence has received 34 inches.  Something doesn't add up here, or you were in a hole.

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 minute ago, amarshall said:

We better see some tanks and blackhawks.




.

We had that in 1978 in Foxboro and then again here in Hubbardston with the 2008 ice storm.  Big ass front end loaders. 
 

my aunt and uncle were living in Hull in 2015 and they needed assistance then as well

[tamarack]

36 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

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

Faced that scenario in Dec 2022.  I'd bought the Husqvarna a few weeks early and learned that it was underpowered on its first excursion, 22" snow from 2.41" LE, powdery but solid.  Even at its lowest speed, the pack would stall it within 5 feet.  Had to go 2-3 feet, set over a foot, then do alternate 5-foot runs moving back and forth so only half the distance was full frontal attack.

[ScituateMA]

Its like a war zone here in scituate.

 

 

[moneypitmike]

2 minutes ago, dendrite said:

There was 5”

But they officially had 32.8” at the 37” depth (+32”) ob so another 1.5-2.4”/hr puts the official at 34-35”

It would be awesome to pull a 40.....

I guess I should say "super awesome"

[HoarfrostHubb]

1 minute ago, Go Kart Mozart said:

Have the divers found Ray's body yet?

Ray has responded quite calmly to all of this (back a few pages).   He knew it was coming towards yesterday evening

[Chrisrotary12]

5 minutes ago, Greg said:

That top 1 33.2" doesn't look correct. Looks either more like a depth or total that was measured incorrectly.

Climatological Data for NASHUA 2 NNW, NH - January 2015
Click column heading to sort ascending, click again to sort descending.

2015-01-01	28	11	19.5	-6.5	45	0	0.00	0.0	0
2015-01-02	32	17	24.5	-1.3	40	0	0.00	0.0	0
2015-01-03	39	17	28.0	2.4	37	0	0.00	0.0	0
2015-01-04	33	17	25.0	-0.4	40	0	1.34	2.3	2
2015-01-05	44	30	37.0	11.8	28	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-06	44	11	27.5	2.5	37	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-07	44	5	24.5	-0.3	40	0	T	0.0	2
2015-01-08	22	-5	8.5	-16.1	56	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-09	21	-4	8.5	-16.0	56	0	T	0.0	2
2015-01-10	27	4	15.5	-8.8	49	0	0.61	2.2	4
2015-01-11	28	2	15.0	-9.2	50	0	0.00	0.0	3
2015-01-12	29	4	16.5	-7.5	48	0	T	0.0	2
2015-01-13	36	15	25.5	1.6	39	0	0.07	0.2	2
2015-01-14	36	1	18.5	-5.3	46	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-15	23	4	13.5	-10.2	51	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-16	29	15	22.0	-1.6	43	0	0.00	0.0	2
2015-01-17	36	5	20.5	-3.0	44	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-01-18	25	5	15.0	-8.5	50	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-01-19	45	21	33.0	9.6	32	0	0.90	0.0	1
2015-01-20	41	28	34.5	11.1	30	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-01-21	37	15	26.0	2.7	39	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-01-22	37	14	25.5	2.2	39	0	0.00	0.0	1
2015-01-23	M	M	M	M	M	M	0.00	0.0	T
2015-01-24	37	16	26.5	3.2	38	0	T	T	0
2015-01-25	31	23	27.0	3.7	38	0	0.55	7.5	7
2015-01-26	36	6	21.0	-2.3	44	0	0.00	0.0	7
2015-01-27	22	6	14.0	-9.4	51	0	0.66	7.5	15
2015-01-28	22	6	14.0	-9.4	51	0	0.65	23.0	23
2015-01-29	24	-8	8.0	-15.5	57	0	0.00	0.0	20
2015-01-30	34	-7	13.5	-10.1	51	0	0.04	T	18
2015-01-31	32	9	20.5	-3.1	44	0	0.15	3.0	19

 

3 minutes ago, TheClimateChanger said:

Looks like it. What's interesting is even that only sums to 30.5 inches.

Are you really going to F’ng kick me while I’m down? Have some respect. Lol. 
 

I got that from GYX report.