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

[Coach McGuirk]

Yeah, NESIS sucks. I have measured more and less in every snowstorm in VA.  They probably go through Wakefield and they have been way low lately.  

[The 4 Seasons]

8 hours ago, MJO812 said:

So where is Jan? Had to be a Cat 3 easy but they still haven't done it?

[vortex95]

10 hours ago, MJO812 said:

Atypically sharp/confined big S+ area, given the center passed just outside 40/70.  The screwy 500, as noted in a previous post, probably resulted in this.

The 4" area DC area S and SW is overdone.  DCA only had 1" for the event.  3" nrn suburbs.

[andyhb]

This storm has been rated a high end Cat 3 on the RSI scale for the Northeast, which to me seems like a fair ranking considering it didn’t quite bullseye most of the population centers with the heaviest amounts, missed DC/Baltimore entirely, and was fairly confined to the coast. However, it produced historic or near historic snowfall amounts over the area it did strongly affect and did drop 20+” on most of the NYC metro. Way better than NESIS IMO.

[tamarack]

19 hours ago, Ginx snewx said:

In Fort Kent we had 27" at the stake on April 6, 1982.  24 hours of temps in the low-mid teens and 15" later, we had 26".  Also had a bit of wind.

[MJO812]

Blizzard warning issued for many a week ago today

[CoastalWx]

11 minutes ago, MJO812 said:

Blizzard warning issued for many a week ago today

Thanks for the reminder. Now go out and enjoy 50+ with the newborn. Winter is done in NYC.

[vortex95]

9 hours ago, CoastalWx said:

Thanks for the reminder. Now go out and enjoy 50+ with the newborn. Winter is done in NYC.

What about winter for Weymouth?  Scott doesn't like the TORCH on the 6-10 day! 

Almost everyone did well this winter DCA-BOS.  Not epic levels for snowfall, but *far* better than the previous 4 winters.  How many winters has Weymouth had two 20"+ events?  Probably can count on one hand.  So I don't want to hear it Scot!! 

[40/70 Benchmark]

14 hours ago, vortex95 said:

What about winter for Weymouth?  Scott doesn't like the TORCH on the 6-10 day! 

Almost everyone did well this winter DCA-BOS.  Not epic levels for snowfall, but *far* better than the previous 4 winters.  How many winters has Weymouth had two 20"+ events?  Probably can count on one hand.  So I don't want to hear it Scot!! 

Winter was okay for me RE snowfall...nothing that stands out. The blizzard being mundane here failed to distinguish this winter from the pack in terms of snowfall.

[CoastalWx]

15 hours ago, vortex95 said:

What about winter for Weymouth?  Scott doesn't like the TORCH on the 6-10 day! 

Almost everyone did well this winter DCA-BOS.  Not epic levels for snowfall, but *far* better than the previous 4 winters.  How many winters has Weymouth had two 20"+ events?  Probably can count on one hand.  So I don't want to hear it Scot!! 

Just give us a fun week or so after mid month and we’ll call the season.

[vortex95]

9 hours ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

Winter was okay for me RE snowfall...nothing that stands out. The blizzard being mundane here failed to distinguish this winter from the pack in terms of snowfall.

I am looking at SNE as a whole.  Regardless of what happens for rest of the snow season, all 5 SNE CLI sites will have an avg or above avg winter snowfall, w/ PVD and BDR well above avg.  That's how you have to look at it b/c having a "CoastalWx IMBY I want it all" () attitude going to frustrate/disappoint one often!  Not every winter is going to be a 1992-93, 1995-96, 2004-05, or 2014-15.

I would say earlier in Jan before the first biggie when CoastalWx got 6" and said it looked "VIOLENTLY BEAUTIFUL" out there, that said a lot!  Little did he know that nearly 50" of "white gold" was coming for Weymouth in the next month!

And the two blockbuster snowstorms this winter were rather non-standard meteorologically.  The Jan event has among the weakest sfc lows I have ever seen for so much coverage of 20"+, and the most recent storm?  Well, I talked about its "weirdness" earlier on this thread.  And how about the model forecasts leading up to that storm?  What a "coup" for the GFS, and in general, the long and medium range forecasts for all the global models were really bad/inconsistent!

[40/70 Benchmark]

4 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

I am looking at SNE as a whole.  Regardless of what happens for rest of the snow season, all 5 SNE CLI sites will have an avg or above avg winter snowfall, w/ PVD and BDR well above avg.  That's how you have to look at it b/c having a "CoastalWx IMBY I want it all" () attitude going to frustrate/disappoint one often!  Not every winter is going to be a 1992-93, 1995-96, 2004-05, or 2014-15.

I would say earlier in Jan before the first biggie when CoastalWx got 6" and said it looked "VIOLENTLY BEAUTIFUL" out there, that said a lot!  Little did he know that nearly 50" of "white gold" was coming for Weymouth in the next month!

And the two blockbuster snowstorms this winter were rather non-standard meteorologically.  The Jan event has among the weakest sfc lows I have ever seen for so much coverage of 20"+, and the most recent storm?  Well, I talked about its "weirdness" earlier on this thread.  And how about the model forecasts leading up to that storm?  What a "coup" for the GFS, and in general, the long and medium range forecasts for all the global models were really bad/inconsistent!

I really don't giver a rat's ass how much falls 70 miles from where I live.

[vortex95]

Just now, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I really don't giver a rat's ass how much falls 70 miles from where I live.

Sounds like CoastalWx!  LOL.  Earlier this winter, he went "I AM DONE WITH NNE" b/c they were doing well so early.

[vortex95]

7 minutes ago, 40/70 Benchmark said:

I really don't giver a rat's ass how much falls 70 miles from where I live.

And don't throw in the towel yet for this winter.  See 1996-97, which was lame through the end of March, and then one of the best ev-A blockbusters occurred for SNE for April Fool's.  That one storm put brought me from an well-below avg snowfall winter to just above avg in one fell swoop.  Even CoastalWx was wicked impressed, and it rates as his all-time fav snowstorm!

[40/70 Benchmark]

3 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

And don't throw in the towel yet for this winter.  See 1996-97, which was lame through the end of March, and then one of the best ev-A blockbusters occurred for SNE for April Fool's.  That one storm put brought me from an well-below avg snowfall winter to just above avg in one fell swoop.  Even CoastalWx was wicked impressed, and it rates as his all-time fav snowstorm!

Well, I don't consider this winter as having been "lame"...just nothing special. I agree it's probably not over. Mid-month looks good.

[weathafella]

40 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

And don't throw in the towel yet for this winter.  See 1996-97, which was lame through the end of March, and then one of the best ev-A blockbusters occurred for SNE for April Fool's.  That one storm put brought me from an well-below avg snowfall winter to just above avg in one fell swoop.  Even CoastalWx was wicked impressed, and it rates as his all-time fav snowstorm!

You forgot the the 2nd half of March 1997 was pretty good.  I remember a couple of systems giving snow.  I remember running on Beacon Street up in Brookline over icy and snowy streets.  About a week before April Fools we had a moderate event.  Then just when we thought it was over April Fools delivered an all timer.

[vortex95]

Just now, weathafella said:

You forgot the the 2nd half of March 1997 was pretty good.  I remember a couple of systems giving snow.  I remember running on Beacon Street up in Brookline over icy and snowy streets.  About a week before April Fools we had a moderate event.  Then just when we thought it was over April Fools delivered an all timer.

Yes, March 1997 was cold, windy, w/ a couple of days of decent snow squalls.  Lots of low-topped CBs I recall in the distance!

[weathafella]

31 minutes ago, vortex95 said:

Yes, March 1997 was cold, windy, w/ a couple of days of decent snow squalls.  Lots of low-topped CBs I recall in the distance!

There was a 4-6” system around 3/24.  I remember I bought a tower with my first pentium chip around then and I accidentally dropped the tower into the wet snow but it survived.  Hard to believe it’s been 29 years.