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

[Sey-Mour Snow]

AIFS jumped way south (400 miles 00z to 12z) for Thursday night after being so consistent, that model has is losing it's reputation for not being jumpy.  Thursday night is on life support now. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

42 minutes ago, ChangeofSeasonsWX said:

Yeah it most likely compacted a bit like you said. Also, I got 31 inches here in North Seekonk, but still not as much as TF Green or areas like Fall River which supposedly got 40. I think that the absolute jackpot zones were just south of us, from like TF Green eastward to Fall River and maybe northeast to Taunton. Your 22 to 28 inches is still within the expected range though, especially the 28 inches. Drifting, compaction, and being on the north edge of that band of crazy rates were all factors I bet.

I’m just up the road in Attleboro on seekonk/pawtucket line and our totals are close. N PVD also had around 30-32”. I was in that main band all day.

[CoastalWx]

Some of the video I saw from Plymouth is ridiculous. All out blizzard. 

[WEATHER53]

3 hours ago, Midlo Snow Maker said:

Awesome stuff will, and congrats to all! 

Do you still make snow for the yard Midlo  Sno Ho???

[OceanStWx]

8 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Some of the video I saw from Plymouth is ridiculous. All out blizzard. 

Can't tell whether Cantore had pants on or not because snow was over thy knickers.

[wxsniss]

Drone video from Scituate at peak, really impressive... no wonder 100% without power:

https://twitter.com/accuweather/status/2026316284682760389?s=20

> 200k in EMA still without power on Eversource

 

[acoolerclimate]

14 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

I’m just up the road in Attleboro on seekonk/pawtucket line and our totals are close. N PVD also had around 30-32”. I was in that main band all day.

Then how did I get only around 24 inches, also in North Providence? Wow, those bands can have such sharp cutoffs.

[amarshall]

Drones eye view . Perfection. Looking like Duxbury VT not Duxbury MA




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[Ginx snewx]

The 150 yd chicken trail was a bitch to shovel but the girls are happy 

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, Ginx snewx said:

The 150 yd chicken trail was a bitch to shovel but the girls are happy 

 

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, Ginx snewx said:

 

 

[Ginx snewx]

Just now, Ginx snewx said:

 

 

[dendrite]

12 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

Can't tell whether Cantore had pants on or not because snow was over thy knickers.

Good thing it was Cantore and not Bob Stokes

[ChangeofSeasonsWX]

7 minutes ago, acoolerclimate said:

Then how did I get only around 24 inches, also in North Providence? Wow, those bands can have such sharp cutoffs.

Are you in a sheltered area by any chance? You said 22-28 inches depending on drifting and accounting for compaction and being in a sheltered area could also affect this. I'm not sure how big N Prov is....maybe it was a very sharp cutoff? Even downtown PVD had some 36" readings which is even more than what I got.

[j24vt]

Finally made it to the bottom of the thread. First, I want to reiterate that people clear the vents on the sides of their houses!!!!

Our daughter goes to URI and lives in Matunuck.  This is a photo of her car at 2:30 on Monday.  She is guessing 30ish inches.  We tried to convince her to 'evacuate' to Stowe on Sunday morning but she was worried about missing classes. 

Some random other thoughts:

• We are so lucky this storm was snow and not rain. 
• Regarding the plows getting pulled off the streets:  I saw a video of a stuck municipal plow spinning their tires and thought "They must be waiting for Amazon to deliver their tire chains."
• For the people who are annoyed about being 'missed' by the huge snowfall amounts:  We are 6 miles from Stowe Mountain.  I love when the mountain gets 10 inches overnight and we have maybe an inch in the driveway.  Go help the people who are buried dig out.
• For the record, Stowe Vermont also received 0.0 inches from the storm

"Snow without skiing is dumb."

[ORH_wxman]

3 minutes ago, dendrite said:

Good thing it was Cantore and not Bob Stokes

Hillary Andrews just deleted her account

[weatherwiz]

I'm actually really glad there was really no way for me to measure so while I'm disappointed because I don't know what I got, I am sheltered because I don't know how much less than expected. Although it really sucks because I probably won't be able to get to 100" now. 

[j24vt]

Vermont DOT is sending equipment to help clean up:

 

[CoastalWx]

18 minutes ago, amarshall said:

Drones eye view . Perfection. Looking like Duxbury VT not Duxbury MA




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Our friends around the corner from you said the street is still not plowed and no power.

[Baroclinic Zone]

15 minutes ago, ChangeofSeasonsWX said:

Are you in a sheltered area by any chance? You said 22-28 inches depending on drifting and accounting for compaction and being in a sheltered area could also affect this. I'm not sure how big N Prov is....maybe it was a very sharp cutoff? Even downtown PVD had some 36" readings which is even more than what I got.

And there is another 32” up in downtown Attleboro

[klw]

5 minutes ago, j24vt said:

Vermont DOT is sending equipment to help clean up:

 

In exchange, 1000 Audis and BMWs will drive from Mass to Stowe this weekend

[Superstorm]

21 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

The 150 yd chicken trail was a bitch to shovel but the girls are happy 

What did you end up with?  I was in NJ at time of the event.

[The 4 Seasons]

31 minutes ago, wxsniss said:

Drone video from Scituate at peak, really impressive... no wonder 100% without power:

https://twitter.com/accuweather/status/2026316284682760389?s=20

> 200k in EMA still without power on Eversource

 

Whats more impressive to me is how stable that drone and video footage is in that kind of wind. Impressive technology

[The 4 Seasons]

What do we think about the Fall River, MA 41? I noticed BOX did not include it in the PNS or interactive map. 37.9" at TF Green is still the jackpot

[40/70 Benchmark]

3 hours ago, OceanStWx said:

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. 

Thanks so much. Where is that fronto option of TT? Having trouble finding it...does it require subscription? 

[Baroclinic Zone]

38 minutes ago, acoolerclimate said:

Then how did I get only around 24 inches, also in North Providence? Wow, those bands can have such sharp cutoffs.

You on western side? I was on the western edge of the band getting 3-4”/hr

maybe you were just outside best band and getting 2-3”/hr

[OceanStWx]

1 minute ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Thanks so much. Where is that fronto option of TT? Having trouble finding it...does it require subscription? 

Nah, it's under the "Lower Dynamics" section of most models (including the Euro!) but the FGEN is the last variable listed. Temp advection comes first so it's easy to miss.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs&region=us&pkg=temp_adv_fgen_700&runtime=2025112912&fh=84

[40/70 Benchmark]

3 minutes ago, OceanStWx said:

Nah, it's under the "Lower Dynamics" section of most models (including the Euro!) but the FGEN is the last variable listed. Temp advection comes first so it's easy to miss.

https://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/?model=gfs&region=us&pkg=temp_adv_fgen_700&runtime=2025112912&fh=84

Thanks, I usually use F5 site for fronto, but only has EURO.

[40/70 Benchmark]

I would never have guessed that was under "lower"dynamics...

[Baroclinic Zone]

2 separate coworkers, one in Taunton on Berkley line and the other down in Tiverton both had not had their streets plowed as of this AM