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

[JACKASS]

1 minute ago, CoastalWx said:

So many schools closed tomorrow. Jesus a whole week for large cities too. 

For a minor snow squall as reported by a "world renowned" snow ANALyst?

[JACKASS]

8 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

For 18 inches? 

Ninja'd

LOL

[dendrite]

12 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

1 last thing North Foster Ri had 36 in 2 days in 78 but w/e was 4.95 . W/E this time 3.25 on 30

It was 4.50” but what made me laugh was that there was only 0.01” the rest of the month. 

[Ginx snewx]

7 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It was 4.50” but what made me laugh was that there was only 0.01” the rest of the month. 

Yes winter shut down think we had some snow in March 

[Ginx snewx]

My favorite Misquamicut restaurant the seafood is the best. @Fozzright! Love me some curls 

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[Diggiebot]

I went through 2005 and 2015 on the cape. Neither had the tree and power impact this storm had. This was worse by far. Blizzard and whiteout and snow wise 2005 and 2015 were worse but this beats that. Life stopped on the cape for 3-5 days and counting. I tapped out last night and did a hotel once the house temp hit sub 45. Power came back overnight so I’m finally home. 

[Baroclinic Zone]

The snow was literally balls deep with this storm. 

[tunafish]

2 hours ago, dendrite said:

They definitely prefer their paths hand crafted

Sure do!

 

[tunafish]

18 minutes ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

The snow was literally balls deep with this storm. 

Well, see, there's the issue.  It took several pages but we finally figured it out.

Cory is 4'11". 

36" would literally eat him. 

[powderfreak]

19 minutes ago, tunafish said:

Sure do!

 

Winter meets spring vibe in that photo… Sun angle evident, but ground frozen solid.

[dendrite]

8 minutes ago, powderfreak said:

Winter meets spring vibe in that photo… Sun angle evident, but ground frozen solid.

It’s hard this time of year for me letting them out. Snow melts near their run entrance and water puddles up but by 3 it’s in the 20s and refreezing. I don’t need them freezing their feet all night. 

[Ginx snewx]

55 minutes ago, Diggiebot said:

I went through 2005 and 2015 on the cape. Neither had the tree and power impact this storm had. This was worse by far. Blizzard and whiteout and snow wise 2005 and 2015 were worse but this beats that. Life stopped on the cape for 3-5 days and counting. I tapped out last night and did a hotel once the house temp hit sub 45. Power came back overnight so I’m finally home. 

Phew that's rough 

[tunafish]

14 minutes ago, dendrite said:

It’s hard this time of year for me letting them out. Snow melts near their run entrance and water puddles up but by 3 it’s in the 20s and refreezing. I don’t need them freezing their feet all night. 

I remember reading somewhere that was the biggest threat to their temp - moisture - amd I thought specifically feet.

My oldest hen is 5, the buff, and at her old age she won't step on ice or snow, unless she absolutely has to, lol.

My biggest concern this time of year is Hawks.  The ermine I had slinking around their run a month or so back has moved on.  Had it's fill of meadow voles, couldn't get into their run, and thankfully took off.

[vortex95]

13 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Some of the stories I heard about plows stopping in the middle of the road and then front end loaders needed is exactly what I experienced on 4/1/97. Where I was had a massive plow just stop because he could not push the snow anymore. Waited two days for a front end loader to come. 

You get *that* much "mashed potatoes," that's whats going to happen.  Not often you get so much snow that is wet/high LEQ for the duration of the storm.

Same thing happened in the DC area for the storm last month (plows getting stuck/equipment breaking), but for a different reason.  6" of snow, followed by 2-4" of PL, then a seal coast of FZRA!  Then wicked cold after.  It turned into a glacier quickly ("snowcrete" came up as a term, new one for me!) and made snow removal unusually difficult.

This is why I say that I would take 3 ft of fluff over 6" of mashed potatoes any day, at least when it comes to overall impact and the hassle of driving in it and cleaning it up!

[vortex95]

12 hours ago, dendrite said:

Those rates were large enough that there was a period where they were racking up high ratio snows. Compaction is real especially with big totals like that. I think it’s a little insulting to assume everyone in that 30”+ zone doesn’t know how to measure new snowfall…especially paid, trained observers at PVD. 

So did the high winds knock the ratios down as expected?  Never had realized that until it was brought up leading up to this past storm.

[vortex95]

10 hours ago, tamarack said:

Couple of cherrypicked comments, last addressed first:

I thought the OV blizzard had pressure down close to 950 mb, the lowest on record for a non-tropical storm in the eastern US.  957 would tie CAR's mark in the 2/2/76 southeast gale.

1978 appears to have a significantly larger footprint.  PHL had 14.1" and NYC 17.7", in the same range as 2/26 though some NNJ points did get a lot more in 2026.  To the north, the Farmington (Maine) co-op recorded 22.0" from the 1978 storm.  That co-op ended reports in 2022 but a cocorahs observer had 0.5" in the recent blizzard and my site 6 miles to the east of there had only 0.2".

Thanks for the info/input.
 

The 2/2/1976 storm, yes 957 mb at CAR is their lowest pressured on record.  BOS had 965 mb for its second lowest on record (has this been matched or exceeded since?).  Bliz of 93 was about 963 mb when it passed over central MA (up from 960 mb peak over the Mid-Atlantic).

What is the "OV Blizzard?"  The Feb 1976 one?  The Jan 2018 blizzard offshore SE of ACK was 950 mb.  I seem to recall in the New England Wx Book (Ludlum) stated a storm SE of ACK in the mid 20th century was 947 mb.

The "CLE Superbomb" Jan 1978 lowest was 956 mb in Mt Clemens MI.

The New England non-tropical pressure record is 955 mb at BID set on 3/7/1932.  And Canton NY had 955 mb in a Jan 1913 storm.  These are the lowest non-tropical pressures for the CONUS, although very close is 955.2 mb at Bigfork MN set on 10/26/2010.  The

[vortex95]

4 hours ago, The 4 Seasons said:

I was gonna say this is a perfect example of confirmation bias..having a strong opinion and theory beforehand and then looking for data to confirm your beliefs. At the very least its heavily biased and a flawed approach given the time that elapsed

Confirmation bias, one of the most common logical fallacies and *rife* in society, as has always been, but the age of information overload has exacerbated it.

[Ginx snewx]

Ryan Hanrahan posted this of a guy from Narragansett if that isn't enough proof...

[Ginx snewx]

42 minutes ago, tunafish said:

I remember reading somewhere that was the biggest threat to their temp - moisture - amd I thought specifically feet.

My oldest hen is 5, the buff, and at her old age she won't step on ice or snow, unless she absolutely has to, lol.

My biggest concern this time of year is Hawks.  The ermine I had slinking around their run a month or so back has moved on.  Had it's fill of meadow voles, couldn't get into their run, and thankfully took off.

We built a new insulated coop with a solar door leading to a hoop coop that is covered during the winter. So far so good 

[tunafish]

29 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

We built a new insulated coop with a solar door leading to a hoop coop that is covered during the winter. So far so good 

Nice.  Those solar doors are a game changer. 

[vortex95]

4 hours ago, Damage In Tolland said:

There is gong to be a fight . There has to be one 

 

[vortex95]

3 hours ago, dendrite said:

It was 4.50” but what made me laugh was that there was only 0.01” the rest of the month. 

Yes, pattern got blocked up sending all systems S of SNE.

[vortex95]

3 hours ago, JACKASS said:

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LOL!

 

[vortex95]

2 hours ago, Baroclinic Zone said:

The snow was literally balls deep with this storm. 

 

[Torch Tiger]

51 minutes ago, Ginx snewx said:

Ryan Hanrahan posted this of a guy from Narragansett if that isn't enough proof...

looks like 18"