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

[HoarfrostHubb]

26 minutes ago, Damage In Tolland said:

He learned from the master of mess 

And he gets another snow day tomorrow 

[CoastalWx]

Watching WCVB. Man from something that was a brush two days out and then what happened….Christ. Wow.

If this was at the benchmark, HFD, ORH and BOS would

have been smoked. 

[donsutherland1]

39 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Thanks, you have the link?

Here it is: https://www.weather.gov/box/products#

Scroll down to RERPVD and click on "Tue, Feb 24, 2026 01:35 AM"

[Kitz Craver]

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

Watching WCVB. Man from something that was a brush two days out and then what happened….Christ. Wow.

If this was at the benchmark, HFD, ORH and BOS would

have been smoked. 

Bout 50 miles off from an all time SNE storm, not to take away from what happened out east at all

[The 4 Seasons]

2 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

Watching WCVB. Man from something that was a brush two days out and then what happened….Christ. Wow.

If this was at the benchmark, HFD, ORH and BOS would

have been smoked. 

i dont wanna think about it

[Kitz Craver]

I guess that’s why the truly historic events are 100 yrs apart, if not more. It has to be a perfect set up and track and all of the other minutiae that goes along with a region wide crush job.

[SouthCoastMA]

56 minutes ago, CoastalWx said:

I was fine. A bit nervous but felt ok. My son was a mess. Tblizz junior.

I was trying to make him feel better by locking in 15-18" for him the night before. He was not having any of it, and even that was too low 

[Kitz Craver]

2 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

i dont wanna think about it

You really can’t, just have to be happy with what we got 

[Greg]

32 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

i dont wanna think about it

'78 was actually a little inside of the Benchmark which is why a much more region wide (Heart of our viewing area) was affected back then vs a relatively smaller swath with this particular storm. Quite a difference in results back then then.  HFD, ORH and BOS areas Ect.

(Blizzard of February 6-7, 1978, Closest Pass) 

[SouthCoastMA]

From a Cape perspective, I think the mid-level low position/banding is why we almost never jackpot with a benchmark track or even slightly SE, especially with no stall. 05 is one of the few exceptions because of the prolonged enhancement with arctic temps infused, and slow movement. You could argue we were co-jacks with with South Shore/North Shore on that one anyway. With that, each storm is different, and I suppose the 700/850 aren't always positioned the same wrt the SLP

[tavwtby]

30 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

i dont wanna think about it

we're better off with a canal runner or just between ACK and the coast to get what happened yesterday, WoR...

[The 4 Seasons]

28 minutes ago, tavwtby said:

we're better off with a canal runner or just between ACK and the coast to get what happened yesterday, WoR...

yeah 2011 was a canal runner

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-11-12-2011

[tavwtby]

1 minute ago, The 4 Seasons said:

yeah 2011 was a canal runner

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-11-12-2011

minus a few 17/18 that was a WoR 20+ event, I remember I had a job interview I had to reschedule because of this, all good tho both ways worked out.

[wxsniss]

1 hour ago, CoastalWx said:

Watching WCVB. Man from something that was a brush two days out and then what happened….Christ. Wow.

If this was at the benchmark, HFD, ORH and BOS would

have been smoked. 

Yeah. Boston area was literally 40 miles from 40 inches. Benchmark track would've been a top 3 storm of all time for pike region. Like 2015-level complete-grid-shutdown no-school-for-week.

As is, still easily a SNE HECS considering impacts south shore to coast.

[CT Valley Snowman]

54 minutes ago, The 4 Seasons said:

yeah 2011 was a canal runner

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-11-12-2011

Great storm I had 24" where I lived in Ellington at the time.  

[wxsniss]

Funny, classic New England:

https://x.com/FallRiverReport/status/2026010622186442928?s=20

[WxWatcher007]

2 hours ago, ineedsnow said:

so one of the guys from Providence not sure if he's a DPW guy or mayor.. anyways one thing he was blaming the storm on was the warming Ocean... seriously most areas near our coast are below average 

 

Quiet hurricane season inbound. 

2 hours ago, Greg said:

'78 was actually a little inside of the Benchmark which is why a much more region wide (Heart of our viewing area) was affected back then vs a relatively smaller swath with this particular storm. Quite a difference in results back then then.  HFD, ORH and BOS areas Ect.

(Blizzard of February 6-7, 1978, Closest Pass) 

Wow, sucker hole across CT. 

1 hour ago, tavwtby said:

we're better off with a canal runner or just between ACK and the coast to get what happened yesterday, WoR...

 

1 hour ago, The 4 Seasons said:

yeah 2011 was a canal runner

https://www.jdjweatherconsulting.com/jan-11-12-2011

Now this is a winner. Us valley dwellers get screwed way too often in all kinds of setups. 

[powderfreak]

2 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Watching WCVB. Man from something that was a brush two days out and then what happened….Christ. Wow.

If this was at the benchmark, HFD, ORH and BOS would

have been smoked. 

It is intriguing to think of the societal impact if that SE Mass firehose was a bit north and going from BOS to HFD… instead of like Long Island to PVD/TAN ENEward.

I would’ve enjoyed that low tracking over PVD to BOS, lol.

[vortex95]

On 2/23/2026 at 2:46 AM, Masswx said:

some lightning showing up on radar

Just catching up on reading all these ob posted for this storm.

Attached is the CG plot from around 3am Monday.  That is a *lot* of CGs for S+ bands well N in the cold sector of a coastal, looks like several dozen over a 2 hr period.  I can't recall that so many near or over SNE for a snowstorm, even the Bliz of 93.

On the BOX radar from 257am Mon attached, the uber snow weenies here I bet can answer this question.  That much solid 30 dBZ in multiple bands for for a SNE snowstorm?  Often it is more peppered dBZ 30-35 within 20-29 dBZ for bands like this, but not so solid.  So how does this radar rank for S+ weenie bands?

And BOX radar was not running "hot."  I checked OKX at the same time and the dBZ matched over SE CT.
 

[NeonPeon]

2 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

i dont wanna think about it

Neither do I.