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

[CoastalWx]

There is so much friggin snow and it’s pounding still.

[NeonPeon]

I just skied right down Broadway and to Washington square in Newport. 

Unreal scenes of the deepest winter 

My side entrance looks like a ski chalet.

[ScituateMA]

Top 2 craziest storm of my life. Been on the south shore since 94. 

[H2Otown_WX]

6 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

There is so much friggin snow and it’s pounding still.

Congrats man, how much OTG?

[rnaude241]

These last 6 hours have been absolutely incredible. It still won't stop snowing here. 

[ScituateMA]

My raptor is on 35's

 

The ariens ate 3 to 4 foot drifts the whole way down my moms 500 foot driveway

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

48 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

I have to say, in all my years on the forum I’ve seen him get the biggest storms out of anyone.

I remember a photo of him snowblowing across his yard with the snow up to his shoulders, forget which event that was.

 

45 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

I asked him today and he ignored my question/ post 

That was Jan 22. This beats that.

I didn’t really complain about this. Mid week it looked like a miss.

[TauntonBlizzard2013]

Still ripping here. Prob 1-2” an hour 

[sophware]

1 hour ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

How powdery is the snow there? That’s obviously gonna be the big difference for some areas.

In my area, about 10 minutes south of Providence, it's almost all powder. I have major health problems and was able to shovel a path to my car. Started out super wet last night but somehow ended up light. It's not just "not heavy," it's light. Can't make a snowball. Sorry to hear the people have cement-like snow.

[CTWeatherFreak]

Anybody have a total for West Hartford?

[HIPPYVALLEY]

26 minutes ago, Fozz said:

Not exactly a blockbuster here, but it was a legit blizzard and hard to measure.

With measurements ranging from 10.5” to 13.5”, I’m calling it 12”. With the overall pack near 2’, I can’t complain too much.

You just have to ignore what others got east of you because getting a foot?  that’s a respectable storm. 
Double digit storms have been few and far between past bunch of years.

[sophware]

1 hour ago, bristolri_wx said:

Could build an addition out of this stuff, eskimo style.

It's so weird. I'm on the other side of the bay from you and it's light powder. Vinny from Cranston has a similar observation. This is how people get in arguments years later about what the storm was like, lol.

[tavwtby]

9 minutes ago, ScituateMA said:

My raptor is on 35's

 

The ariens ate 3 to 4 foot drifts the whole way down my moms 500 foot driveway

ah, you got the track one, we decided to get the 28" "smart trac" drive, honestly I prefer my old ariens, 0 point turn, and 1st gear was slow... this one is more powerful but goes where it wants not where I want, and needs a gear between 0 and first, I have to feather the clutch to go slower, but it doesn't struggle that's what matters, it throws snow like 40', how's the turning on that one?

[FRWEATHA]

Reports of 33 in Dartmouth, and 31 inches in both Somerset and Berkeley. And it’s still coming down.

[andyhb]

Radar is filling back up over RI/E MA with the approach of the deformation axis on the backside. Probably going to make a run at 40" in spots.

[bristolri_wx]

1 minute ago, sophware said:

It's so weird. I'm on the other side of the bay from you and it's light powder. Vinny from Cranston has a similar observation. This is how people get in arguments years later about what the storm was like, lol.

I'll be honest, I'm only judging based on whats close to the house.  Sometimes that's denser because it melts a little from the heat leaking out and making it settle.  I'm actually hopeful it's more powdery so I can try and cut through it with my very undersized snow thrower if I chop it down appropriately.

[MegaMike]

Still accumulating nicely here... ~0.5"/hr, it looks like. Total of ~20"

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

59 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

I have to say, in all my years on the forum I’ve seen him get the biggest storms out of anyone.

I remember a photo of him snowblowing across his yard with the snow up to his shoulders, forget which event that was.

Maybe there is big snowstorm voodoo magic from being a whiney masshole…

[ScituateMA]

2 minutes ago, tavwtby said:

ah, you got the track one, we decided to get the 28" "smart trac" drive, honestly I prefer my old ariens, 0 point turn, and 1st gear was slow... this one is more powerful but goes where it wants not where I want, and needs a gear between 0 and first, I have to feather the clutch to go slower, but it doesn't struggle that's what matters, it throws snow like 40', how's the turning on that one?

Turning is good if its not in full track mode. In full track mode you need to man handle it unless on even ground.

 

Its a beast though, chewed through this in 1st gear except for the deeper drifts I had to feather it like you mentioned

[RI Rob]

So so close to this new band developing off shore. Doesn't look like it will clip Boston.. Bummer.

[WxFreak11]

36.2 inches in Warwick, RI according to NBC 10. I lived in Alaska for 10 years and never had 3’ of snow in one storm. This was insane!


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[OceanStWx]

One of the weirdest storms I’ve ever worked up here. Huge bust on snow totals - I have nothing on my snow board and snow depth went down a half inch today. I would guess I have around 2”. BUT PWM did verify a blizzard warning. 

[JACKASS]

6 minutes ago, RUNNAWAYICEBERG said:

Maybe there is big snowstorm voodoo magic from being a whiney masshole…

Yet, being a d-bag Rhode Islander gets you the shaft (apparently).

Go figure.

[amarshall]

Second pass with snowblower another 12” after 16” this morning




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[moneypitmike]

4 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

One of the weirdest storms I’ve ever worked up here. Huge bust on snow totals - I have nothing on my snow board and snow depth went down a half inch today. I would guess I have around 2”. BUT PWM did verify a blizzard warning. 

No idea what we got in Bath.  It was snowing for several  hours....with the wind, it was blowing off the back yard (we back up to the river so no snow blows onto the yard).  All the snow was deposited on my front porch which had  about 8" on it.  Decided to take a drive--the roads were really pretty bad.  We definitely got more than I expected and more than what I thought had actually come down.

[RUNNAWAYICEBERG]

1 minute ago, JACKASS said:

Yet, being a d-bag Rhode Islander gets you the shaft (apparently).

Go figure.

You can’t be a famous accordion player with soooo many achievements AND get big snowstorms. It is one or the other…

[CoastalWx]

Man stuff is still developing.

[VivaManchVegas]

I did not hit double digits here.  My guess is somewhere between 5 and 8 inches and it was not that heavy.  This one blew harder than recent storms, but it seems the GFS was onto the central SNH cut back yesterday afternoon.   Just east of me like Nahua seems to be getting buried. 

Any of you Nashua guys confirm?

[HoarfrostHubb]

I wish this had stalled

[amarshall]

Man stuff is still developing.

Will we get a shot ?


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