"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.

[SnoSki14]

2 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

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 

Signals for a major warm-up are growing after an early March cold shot. 

[TheSnowman]

3 hours ago, BombsAway1288 said:

You’re out of your mind dude. You sound like a 6 year old who just his toys taken away
 

I think everyone would appreciate if you just shut up and stopped posting for a while 

Well I’m not talking, I’m typing, so no can do. And does a 6 year old explain fully in detail the explanation of everything being thrown at them?  You simply can’t handle negativity, even if it’s in text form; everything must be happy and positive.  That’s an actual 6 year old, or being Woke.  

And I’m on an “Illegal” Weenie Run, finding out I was CORRECT in my assessment of these snowfall amounts.  Doing 6 towns tonight and 6+ more tomorrow.  Will show the results later.  

[Roger Smith]

What is the period of record for the PVD snowfall record set yesterday?

I have mentioned before having the daily weather journal of Alexis Caswell at Brown University in Providence spanning winters 1831-32 to 1859-60. In all of those winters, some quite severe, there are no two-day snowfall events (indicating storm totals) greater than 20" ... these are a few of the larger storm totals he recorded ... the largest storm total in Feb was 15.0" (1846) and in March 9.5" (1835). For Nov the max was 10" (29th 1841). All of the largest falls were in the three winter months except for one in April (1841).

Jan 5-6, 1856 ___ 20.0" 

Jan 18-19, 1857 __ 18.0" 

Apr 12-13, 1841 __ 18.0"

Dec 29-30, 1853 __ 18.0"

 

[kdxken]

3 hours ago, SnoSki14 said:

Signals for a major warm-up are growing after an early March cold shot. 

Heard that before.

[Bryan63]

Good morning from Middleboro where the snow seems even more impressive today with the sun out.

[Baroclinic Zone]

32” here in Attlehole. still shocked by Corey’s lackluster total less than 10mi away.

[Chrisrotary12]

I was starting to doubt the 5” I measured since everyone around was a bit higher But i see a trained spotter 1 WSW in Nashua reported 5.8”. Only 9-10” off the forecast. Hehe

[wx_observer]

Historic, indeed.

https://www.wcvb.com/article/blizzard-prompts-boston-globe-management-to-call-off-printing-paper-for-first-time-in-153-years/70475083

[BrianW]

Still 230k outages in Eastern Massachusetts. Look at those outages on the cape. Total grid failure. 

Surprisingly Eversource in CT is only reporting 600 outages. 

 

[wx_observer]

1 minute ago, BrianW said:

Still 230k outages in Eastern Massachusetts. Look at those outages on the cape. Total grid failure. 

 

And this was with Cat 1 winds and without fully leafed trees.  Not that it can get much worse for the Cape itself...but makes you wonder how further inland might fare in a Cat 2 hurricane when the trees are fully leafed out.

[Baroclinic Zone]

6 minutes ago, BrianW said:

Still 230k outages in Eastern Massachusetts. Look at those outages on the cape. Total grid failure. 

 

National Grid with and additional 23k 

[Baroclinic Zone]

[NeonPeon]

7 hours ago, bristolri_wx said:

Updated Public Information Statement with Snowfall Totals and Wind Gusts is up:

https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=box&issuedby=BOX&product=pns

Heh - gusted to 65 MPH here as well in the AM.  Looks like my 30 burger holds up to the spotters in my area. Amazing.

My best guess was 28 or so at the end, Newport ap says 32 but that's Middletown basically, and also tends high.

It's the all time storm for me living here, 14 years. It's storms like this that make me love the winter here. The floor is low, as we've seen in the last years, but the ceiling is high, and dramatic. 

What did you see around Bristol for downed trees?

In my tour around town yesterday I didn't see much wind damage. Downed branches, not downed trees. The trees weren't plastered as much as in 2013, and my power never went out. I also found the wind here impressive but not crazy in the context of Newport. They were also very straight line.