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

[HoarfrostHubb]

37 minutes ago, Cold Miser said:

Who was it that drove around the cape a bunch of years ago to "debunk" the high totals?  I think they were totals from Phil, and maybe it was Messenger(RIP) who took the ride.  He pretty much just drove along route 6 and got out of the car every few miles and took a spot measure off the shoulder.

Yep.  That was Clinch Leatherwood, aka Messenger and some other names doing checks of Phil’s reports.    Pretty assholeish, god rest his soul. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

9 minutes ago, HoarfrostHubb said:

Yep.  That was Clinch Leatherwood, aka Messenger and some other names doing checks of Phil’s reports.    Pretty assholeish, god rest his soul. 

I remember that! 

[ChangeofSeasonsWX]

I know that there are obviously exceptions like 2005 on Cape Cod and the PYM area, and 1978 in far N Rhode Island, but overall, is it safe to say that this was the biggest snowstorm on record for the RI/SEMA area? Pretty widespread totals over 30 inches and a few close to 40. I'm just outside of Providence and I can tell you that we definitely got more than we did in 1996 and 2005, and I'm assuming 1978 also.

[Baroclinic Zone]

9 minutes ago, ChangeofSeasonsWX said:

I know that there are obviously exceptions like 2005 on Cape Cod and the PYM area, and 1978 in far N Rhode Island, but overall, is it safe to say that this was the biggest snowstorm on record for the RI/SEMA area? Pretty widespread totals over 30 inches and a few close to 40. I'm just outside of Providence and I can tell you that we definitely got more than we did in 1996 and 2005, and I'm assuming 1978 also.

Without question.

[Midlo Snow Maker]

1 hour ago, ORH_wxman said:

A few pics. I’m posting the pic I took Sunday morning too. The “before” pic for comparison.  
 

 

 

Awesome stuff will, and congrats to all! 

[Baroclinic Zone]

2 minutes ago, Midlo Snow Maker said:

Awesome stuff will, and congrats to all! 

What’s up Jamie?

[wxeyeNH]

I'm happy with my 1/4" of snow and more happy for the people who got 35 to 40".   I see lots of pictures of people posting snowbanks and drifts.  I'm looking for a video clip of someone who is able to drive and just video a neighborhood that got that much.  Cars and areas not plowed should be pretty much buried.  It is a good way to really judge.  Most social media posts want to show the highest snowbank or drifted area.  I just one to see a longer, honest video in the ground zero area.  If anyone has a link I would love to see it!

[SeanInWayland]

9 hours 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)

Very likely he's drawing these from the list by dates of notable events in Ludlum's American Weather Book. It really should be more properly titled New England Weather Book, as most of the discussion, anecdotes, and history is centered on Northeast US weather.

It's a great read, and especially so for any budding weather enthusiast you might know.

[OceanStWx]

9 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

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.

In a typical developing (i.e. not peak intensity) storm your frontogenesis is going to be sloped towards the cold air. 850 is farther southeast than 700 mb, and so on. Lift tends to be maximized around 700 mb, hence congrats Dendrite.

This storm bombed out a little farther south, so one of the first things I noticed was the position of the forecast 700 and 850 mb frontogenesis.

While still sloped a bit, it's far more collocated/vertically stacked. That signaled to me that one major band would develop. And that look at 700 mb with a secondary band farther north suggested to me that it wasn't going to be a uniform precip shield. That a subsidence zone was possible between the two. I may have sent a text about toaster baths in the LWM area to @CoastalWx and @CT Rain Sunday.

I made a little gif too, so you can see how the forcing is overlaid.

I do think part of the problem with the secondary band was that it was advecting so much dry air into the storm. @dendrite posted somewhere along the line the map of RH, and 50% across central NH just wasn't going to get it done for that northern extent. It was like a dry wedge in the usually CAD spots. 

[ORH_wxman]

1 hour ago, Midlo Snow Maker said:

Awesome stuff will, and congrats to all! 

Yo, Midlo in the house....thanks man. 

 

My front yard looks like yours usually does now.