"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.

[Ginx snewx]

My best titled thread ever. 

[Ginx snewx]

8 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

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.
 

It came to Papa

[Ginx snewx]

Wind and sun making forms on the deck rail

[vortex95]

On 2/23/2026 at 6:39 AM, CoastalWx said:

These we some of the worst conditions I’ve seen. 

With this being said from CoastalWx, and him getting two 20"+ blockbusters in Weymouth in a month, I *never* want to hear him Cartman b*ticin' about no snow or saying "THIS BLOWS" again!!!    

Recall earlier this winter, "THIS PATTERN BLOWS" was said by him, even though it was much better overall for New England even early on w/ the big snows in Nov on Mt Mansfield.  That should have set him on a more positive path for the odds of a good winter.

[ORH_wxman]

3 hours ago, WxWatcher007 said:

100% knew your area would clean up. You’re in one of the best spots in the state imo. 

Ginxy has the same longitude as ORH but far enough inland and elevated to avoid a lot of the SE CT flatland problems with marine intrusion. Def a solid spot. He prob only averages a hair less than N Foster coop just up the road and a little higher. 

[vortex95]

On 2/23/2026 at 6:46 AM, weatherwiz said:

Its still going to be good. As dendrite mentioned the east band will start stealing the show but the western band should still hold decent rates and I would not be surprised seeing some fill in a bit, especially as that western fronto also collapses some. Think coastalwx said it but that should rot basically through noon and even the newer HRRR runs are hinting at it 

Is weatherwiz "mad" he only got, what, 10" total????    

[ORH_wxman]

2 hours ago, Kitz Craver said:

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

I remember posting in the lead-up to this event that the arc of convective snows was really catching my attention since it gave some of us instant flashbacks to April ‘97. It’s just a Firehose of convective snow streaming in from the ESE. 
 

But once the whole system trended a bit SE, the orientation changed enough to put far SE MA and much of RI in the cross hairs. We got the snow rates…it doesn’t take much imagination to think how this might have performed if it was 50-100 miles northwest like many runs had shown until the last 18-24 hours leading into the storm. That monster firehose being enhanced by convective elements would have been shot across a much larger chunk of SNE. Probably a more zonked system overall too if it was further NW. 

Still a great storm overall but that’s why those region-wide all-timers are so rare. You need things to line up. This one was so close though. 

[weatherwiz]

6 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

Is weatherwiz "mad" he only got, what, 10" total????    

There was no way to measure but I am figuring probably 6" or so. There were some totals around here that were a bit more than that. I thought I would get around a foot here (maybe closer to 18" if the banding worked right). I expected to get screwed but not this much. One of the biggest killers (outside of being in between bands) was the snow ratios absolutely sucked. Lift was definitely above the DGZ (which was also shown well on bufkit for this area). 

I'm honestly more mad CT wasn't widespread 18-24" than I am missing out  

[ChangeofSeasonsWX]

32 minutes ago, ORH_wxman said:

I remember posting in the lead-up to this event that the arc of convective snows was really catching my attention since it gave some of us instant flashbacks to April ‘97. It’s just a Firehose of convective snow streaming in from the ESE. 
 

But once the whole system trended a bit SE, the orientation changed enough to put far SE MA and much of RI in the cross hairs. We got the snow rates…it doesn’t take much imagination to think how this might have performed if it was 50-100 miles northwest like many runs had shown until the last 18-24 hours leading into the storm. That monster firehose being enhanced by convective elements would have been shot across a much larger chunk of SNE. Probably a more zonked system overall too if it was further NW. 

Still a great storm overall but that’s why those region-wide all-timers are so rare. You need things to line up. This one was so close though. 

Yeah, but if it ended up going 50-100 miles northwest like you said, would PVD still have broken 1978's record? I'm imagining a situation like Feb 2013 where the firehose sets up over CT instead of SEMA/RI. Don't get me wrong, Feb 2013 was still great around here, but it wasn't historic like what CT saw. So I guess in a way this system was like a reverse of Feb 2013 where SEMA/RI got the goods instead.

Even with April 1997, Worcester got insane amounts, and Boston to a lesser degree. PVD still got 18 inches but it doesn't hold a candle to what Worcester got. So if this system had come further northwest would it have been a 1978 redux for the whole area including PVD, or more like a Feb 2013/April 1997 situation where areas north and west get the goods and PVD gets like 12-18? This one didn't stall like 1978 did so I just don't see how it could've been an all-timer for the entire area, even if it came further north. 

[vortex95]

On 2/23/2026 at 7:13 AM, RCola said:

Continuing to pound here in PVD. I wish I could tell you how much we have, but it’s impossible with the wind.

Sorry if this has already been brought up, but so many posts, it's hard to read them all!  

So w/ no augmented ASOS snow observations at PVD 05-10z and it appears at least a foot fell during that time, how does that work?  Going by just SOG is an issue in this case b/c of the blowing and drifting, never mind settling as temps where 31-32 F during this time.

And LEQ for PVD CLI on 2/23 .58" and 35.5" of snow??  Same w/ BOS .47" w/ 17.1" of snow??  This is a *major* problem and significant impact to the climate record.  Also, we are drought conditions currently in the NEUS, but are we really or it is as bad as it is shown on the U.S. Drought Monitor?

LGA/JFK/EWR/PHL/BWI do not have  this snow/LEQ issue.  Same for  many other ASOS climate sites around the country.