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

[Fozz]

4 hours ago, Hoth said:

I don't know about you guys, but I always feel a little melancholy when a big storm is coming to an end. You just know it could be many years before you experience something like it again.

You know, I distinctly remember feeling that way after the December 2003 storm ended. I didn’t even live in this area but I was a young teenager down south (MD to be exact) with a foot of snow in his yard in early December, and was sad looking outside in awe and wondering when I’ll see something like this again so early in the season.

Ive felt that way after a few other big rare storms but that one stood out. I think now that I’m older I’ve seen enough of them that I’m not as emotional but I completely get it.

I’ve also had similar feelings when a really good winter came to an end, and the last of the snowpack melted away to remind me of what has ended.

[tunafish]

Idk, drugs are pretty great in moderation. 

05z - final PWM - 4.8"/0.45" - depth 13"

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 hour ago, Fozz said:

Albany is not really an east coast city. It’s an interior northeast city.

Yeah, Springfield MA is barely “East Coast”. 
Kidding but kind of not kidding in terms of sensible weather.

 

 

[Coach McGuirk]

We are all a bunch of snow weenies that wish winter would never die. 

[ineedsnow]

Just now, Coach McGuirk said:

We are all a bunch of snow weenies that wish winter would never die. 

maybe we can get a couple more storms before the big melt.. hopefully we get some heavy rain and very warm temps to cause some big ice jams this year 

[Fozz]

7 hours ago, HIPPYVALLEY said:

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.

Yes it was a solid event here and it beat any of the storms I saw in my years in RI (2019-21).

[Roger Smith]

In the NYC forum, SACRUS has a daily post of historical weather events for each day.

Today there is an entry ...

1802 - A great snowstorm raged along the New England coast producing 48 inches of snow north of Boston. Three large ships from Salem were wrecked along Cape Cod. (David Ludlum)

[HIPPYVALLEY]

14 minutes ago, Coach McGuirk said:

We are all a bunch of snow weenies that wish winter would never die. 

I love warm summer weather but falling snow will always be my favorite weather phenomena.  Always.

[HIPPYVALLEY]

1 minute ago, Roger Smith said:

In the NYC forum, SACRUS has a daily post of historical weather events for each day.

Today there is an entry ...

1802 - A great snowstorm raged along the New England coast producing 48 inches of snow north of Boston. Three large ships from Salem were wrecked along Cape Cod. (David Ludlum)

Nice share. Thanks

[40/70 Benchmark]

13 hours ago, OceanStWx said:

I completely checked out while in Florida with the kids on vacation week, but one thing that became clear as I started to look at things this past weekend was how well 700 and 850 mb f-gen was going to align vertically. That usually signals a single intense band, and when you get to that level of lift you can usually bet on a subsidence zone nearby. I was hopeful the secondary band at 700 mb farther northwest was going to do its mid level magic, but the dry air has really given that one fits so far.

This, combined with the 50-75 shift south, is what killed me. This is a lesson that I'll take from this.....that band set up over ORH CO into S NH just like I thought it would, but it just wasn't very impressive. I think jan 2022 was like that , too. Could you provide a graphic to illustrate this?

Thanks in advance. I need to get better at band/fronto diagnostics. I am too weak with that.

[dmillz25]

How much did Boston get?

[Greg]

Just now, dmillz25 said:

How much did Boston get?

16.9"

[dmillz25]

2 minutes ago, Greg said:

16.9"

Oh wow a 20, 30 mile difference and they could have gotten almost double 

[Ginx snewx]

https://x.com/i/status/2026088248221581621

Complete radar loop 

[LVblizzard]

1 hour ago, Coach McGuirk said:

We are all a bunch of snow weenies that wish winter would never die. 

Even when I say I'm sick of winter and ready for warmer weather, the minute that late March/early April threat comes around I'm watching the models and cheering on snow just like in the middle of winter.

[Roger Smith]

BOS shows as 17.1" in daily climate summary just out. 

[weathafella]

1 hour ago, Greg said:

16.9"

17.1 per climate daily report.  Most have added 0.2 after 7pm.  60.4 on the season to date.