DAYS 1-5 (FEBRUARY 23-27)
Storm day. And it’s a decent winter storm with bands of heavy snow interspersed with lighter areas, typical for an intensifying storm, which is passing southeast of our region today. And as it does so, the bands of heavier snow with lulls of lighter snow will continue through the morning before a taper-off progresses west to east during the afternoon, with the result being heaviest amounts southwest of Boston, but still significant amounts in much of the remainder of the region, with relative low(er) spots in southeastern NH and far northeastern MA due to less time in heavier snow, and over Outer Cape Cod and especially Nantucket due to wetter snow. Minor to moderate coastal flooding occurs at east-facing and north-facing locations around high tide hours, limited by astronomical tides that are not that high, thankfully. Where heavy snow and strong wind combines there is a higher risk of power outages. The area most likely to experience blizzard conditions (3+ hours of visibility 1/4 mile or less due to falling and/or blowing snow, sustained wind or frequent wind gusts of 35 MPH or greater) will be from Cape Ann through Boston to southeastern MA. With intense bands of snow, thunder is possible, with highest chance of this occurring south of Boston until midday. The storm exits tonight and as clean-up and recovery progress on Tuesday it will do so with fair weather as high pressure moves in. But we are still in an active pattern and the next low pressure system is coming our way for Wednesday via the Great Lakes. This system is expected to be minor in comparison, bringing some snow, mix, and rain, with up to a few inches of snow favoring areas mostly north of I-90. Today I’m a little more optimistic about another break Thursday before the next storm system, passing just to the south based on current indications, brings a snow and mix chance back to us on Friday.
TODAY: Overcast. Snow, heavy at times morning, including the chance of thunder, especially south of I-90. Snow tapering off west to east afternoon. Accumulations of 10-18 inches in general, but some areas of under 10 inches can exist, favoring far northeastern MA and southeastern NH, as well as Outer Cape Cod and especially Nantucket. A band or two of accumulation of 18-25 inches is most likely from the Plymouth MA to Providence RI areas into parts of eastern CT. Highs 27-34, coldest well inland, mildest Cape Cod. Wind NE 20-35 MPH, gusts 45-65 MPH, strongest along the coast where some gusts in the 65-75 MPH range can occur.
TONIGHT: Clouds break. Lows 20-27. Wind N 15-25 MPH with higher gusts evening, diminishing overnight.
TUESDAY: Mostly sunny. Highs 30-37. Wind NW 5-15 MPH.
TUESDAY NIGHT: Clouding up. Lows 21-28. Wind W under 10 MPH.
WEDNESDAY: Cloudy. Snow of 1 to 3 inches north of I-90, a mix of snow/sleet/rain to the south with less than 1 inch of snow. Highs 32-39. Wind variable 5-15 MPH.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT: Mostly cloudy. Precipitation ends. Lows 25-32. Wind NW up to 10 MPH.
THURSDAY: Partly sunny. Highs 35-42. Wind N up to 10 MPH.
THURSDAY NIGHT: Cloudy. Lows 22-29. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.
FRIDAY: Cloudy. Chance of mix/snow. Highs 31-38. Wind NE 5-15 MPH.
DAYS 6-10 (FEBRUARY 28 – MARCH 4)
Watching March 1-2 for a threat of unsettled weather (rain/snow threat). Temperatures near to below normal.
DAYS 11-15 (MARCH 5-9)
Watching March 5-7 for another potential stretch of unsettled weather (rain/mix/snow threat). Temperatures near to below normal.
Thanks TK.
Snowing moderate to heavy at times with about 7” of accumulation so far here in Coventry CT. Temp down to 27F. It’s windy but nothing too extreme yet .
Thank you TK.
Lighter snow on north shore at the moment. Would not expect huge accumulations here. Plenty of wind.
Thanks TK
The snow is caking to everything. Watching another heavy band west of me and seeing if it holds together moving toward my area. Thankfully I still have power. I hope that remains the case.
Heavy snow and wind here.
https://ibb.co/d48cgZ1s
Snowfall Forecasts update above.
Been watching the outage map climb
5:15 – 27,442
5:30 – 36,306
5:45 – 46,339
Some on the north shore like Hamilton are 100 percent out.
Which is wild to me because I’ve not see a 100% on the south shore (scituate is at 50%)
Not backing down are they.
Models would beg to differ.
We shall see.
Snowing nicely here. Perhaps just barely heavy. Hard to tell with the wind. Vis about 1/4 mile which normally would be heavy snow but with wind, not sure it is actually heavy snow.
Close enough as it is snowing good. Not all that much accumulation so far perhaps 3 or 4 inche eying out the window.
Thanks TK. ❄️
TK – Will temperatures make it into the 40s over the weekend?
Should be around 40 for highs.
Thanks TK.
Blinding snow here in JP.
Power surge here in hingham
Ought oh
These bands means business. I see the NWS haven’t changed their the yet.
Looking at radar I see no problem achieving high end numbers in areas.
Absolutely nuking here. Barley can see the house next door.
Look at bands pivoting in, radar scope is also great. Just not sure how to post it here.
https://radar.weather.gov/station/KBOX/standard
Incredible rates currently, near zero visibility. No question under 1/4 mile easily.
Enjoy and hopefully you avoid the big wind gusts.
Thanks TK !
Trying to find a window that isn’t whitened out with snow.
Heavy snow, gusting near to over 50 mph at times.
I see Nantucket and Chatham, I think, have hit 70 and 72 mph gusts.
The low or massive 500 mb center did seem to gain some latitude the last 5-6 hrs.
Same here Tom. All windows caked in snow and heavy snow for the last three hours. Radar returns are lightening up a little bit over me. Hopefully that continues.
Good luck !
Hope you keep your power!
You too, so far so good in our neighborhood.
There’s one of those 50+ circles over town, but thankfully when I zoomed in, it’s hundreds and not thousands or tens of thousands that are out.
31 here. Wish it were colder.
Don’t like this wet stuff.
I can maybe see making a foot here , but much higher than that, I doubt it’s unless we can stay under this band for a longer period of time than I expect. I just don’t see it lasting that long.
Caveat: it does appear that the heaviest band HAS pivoted farther NW than modeled so that is a wild card.
We shall see.
Interesting day none-th-less.
As of 6 am wind gusting to 49.5 at Logan. Not that high here. High 30s maybe.
Boston temperature has been holding steady at 33F but has now dropped to 30F.
I suspect the coastal front is now moving back to the southeast?
Per Boston tide guage, the tide did get to 12.4 ft, so it built to a 2 ft surge by 3am.
Thank goodness the tide is ‘going out, the surge is at 3.3 ft, the depth should be 4.1 ft currently and it’s 7.4 ft
And the eveesource outage map starting to light up from marshfield points south and east.
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G19§or=ne&band=08&length=24
wintercaine.
Or SNOWACAINE!
Yes.
The low itself is, obviously in the center of the vertically stacked low, but the whole swirl is massive.
Good morning! Nap is over. Thanks TK. We lost power for 15 minutes – our house is practically encased in snow as we can barely see outside our windows. It’s roaring now. This should be a fun 6-10 hours. Is this what it is like to feel cut off from the world? LOL!
Good luck, be safe
The HRRR seemed to be handling the simulated radar well so far.
Watching Channel 5, Cindy mentioned it was a “bombcyclone noreaster blizzard” and Antionette almost fainted.
Too funny…
They probably staged it. 😉
EXACT wording from the SPC
DISCUSSION…Classic bomb cyclone/nor’easter off the Northeast coast
will slow its deepening over the next few hours as it tracks
northeastward off the southern New England coast through midday.
OK, now it is nearly a WHITE OUT here. Vis uner 1/8 maybe even under 1/16. Probably like 100 feet or so.
WHITE WHITE WHITE WHITE!!!!!
Two feet is not of the question
SPC discussion-https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0117.html
Try this link
https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0117.html
IF there is enough time, absolutely. That is why I think we fall short. We shall see.
They don’t actually mention accumulations in that mesoscale discussion. They talk about the heaviest snowfall rates persisting into late morning before diminishing.
Do they usually do that? I don’t recall one way or the other.
Well, per the 11z HRRR, Marshfield is entering the 850 mb jet. Looks like it’s 60 knots overhead.
We sit under this now the next 4-6 hrs and around 14z, it maxes to 75 knots overhead Marshfield.
And we’ve gusted to 54 mph under 55 knots at 850 mb
So, I’m not anticipating getting to near 70 mph, but I have to think in that 13 to 15z window, we’re going to hit 60-65 mph.
Hadi mentioned radar scope. Haven’t figured out how to post a loop, but here is a still shot from a few minutes ago
https://ibb.co/ZzTvc76F
Here is a current radarscope loop
https://ibb.co/xtfG01t2
JPD…
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UAfQJ5NuavsjaLBM9
That link should give you a radar loop. I also have it in the mode which will pick out the synoptic band better.
In this loop, you can also see the development of the dry air band to the west of it. As the heavy band tries to move westward, watch it start drying up on its western edge as it reaches that area.
It is this type of precipitation pattern that can yield very variable amounts.
What mode did you select for that? thanks
Super Resolution
Reflectivity
Tilt 1
Thanks
vis up to about 300 feet. 🙂
Providence airport just reported 16.3 so far as of 7 am.
WOW!!
Oh my.
That is incredible!!!
7 AM Logan observation
https://forecast.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KBOS.xml
HEAVY SNOW, wind gusting to 58.7 mph vis 1/4 mile
Most stations in Eastern MA are reporting HEAVY snow with vis 1/4 mile. Good chance most stations meet blizzard criteria. The wind is there as long as vis stay at 1/4 mile or less.
Just came from outside! WOW! I almost got knocked over by the wind. It is roaring!! Snow drifts up
To my waist. Snow pasting on my house. We have 14 inches (Spotter measurement up the road on Bliss Corner). Definitely dangerous out there. Stu home
Folks
Good morning. Thank you TK and everyone. I measure 9.5 so far but it’s drifting so much it’s not easy to measure. We are at our low if 26. Wunder has us gusting into mid 40s.
As with everyone, I cannot see out any windows.
I have to say that I love the sounds and feel of today
https://ibb.co/xtLYzC0t
https://ibb.co/BHsNqv2t
Six inches of in Chelmsford.
Michael Page on Channel 5 just called the storm “beefy”.
New radar scope loop. Can readily see why vis is up a bit here, not that it is snowing lightly, vis is just up a bit
https://ibb.co/yF3fp18K
Radar scope
Convective discussion
https://ibb.co/GGhSvfD
Video
https://streamable.com/1giw0i
Morning just getting up : Wow !! We are in it with the wind & snow . It sucks because I can’t see out any of my windows ( had to open door ) as tom said above all my screens are snow covered . I think it’s just a matter of time before I loose power. As I’m typing this I just stepped out onto my farmers porch & it’s really difficult to even judge what I have or ( you might laugh ) the intensity coming down . I have not read post yet are we still going to get the 2-4 inches per hour & this is going most of the day . I can’t imagine what it must look like outside my neighborhood as it must me nearly impossible to travel . Just had a major wind gust that shook the house & big front tree , I’m sure this will be an official blizzard
I’m just a few towns over from you in Hingham and yep – absolutely plastered. I have a singular mission which is to clear the front step heading outside so the door never gets covered and I clear off the snow on the storm door so I can look outside… which is just blinding white snow anyway.
Wind gust map, key messages, snowfall reports map:
https://ibb.co/M39JJwK
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks!
Thank you
Boston (Logan) reported 5.2” so far.
Officially blizzard conditions there the past hour. Two more and it’s official.
Sounds about right as I look out the window.
NO way we reach 20 for sure. 15? Doubtful, but possible.
10-12 more likely. It ain’t over till it’s over!!!
I looked at the few Box Totals there are and have no idea how Spotters are getting reliable measurements. I guess there is a way, but … reliable?!
Islip Airport on Long Island at 22+.”
Wow!!! Now that IS SOMETHING!!!!
I mentioned that when I called my total in. She said everybody is saying the same thing
Montauk Point with 84mph wind gust – Nantucket 70
Down to 30 here
Ocean: 36
Just snuck in a wordle and got it in 3.
Coastal front on the move southeast.
My house is shaking at times here – at least on second floor
Eversource Outage map
https://ibb.co/5gZD4v74
Just as intense bands, blinding snow.
Down to 29.7 here in JP.
RadarScope Image shows Boston now OUT of the Death Band!!
https://ibb.co/Qq3nMBR
Might preclude Boston meeting Blizzard Criteria.
Could also be a reflection of the snow “drying” out some with the temperature drop? I dunno. I just wanted to stay in those yellow echoes. Not to be, I guess.
Still looks to be snowing just as hard.
Glancing on Facebook & multiple big trees down in pembroke
Excerpt from NWS discussion from a few minutes ago
730 AM UPDATE:
Mesoscale snow band starting to pivot as it becomes oriented
more NE-SW across RI and SE MA. Impressive mid level
frontogenesis producing 2-3 inches/hr snowfall rates. Expect
these snowfall rates to continue within this band across RI and
SE MA through the morning before rates start diminishing this
afternoon. Given snowfall amounts of 10-17 inches in this area
as of 12z, expecting total storm snowfall of 20-30 inches
across RI and SE MA, and woudn`t be surprised to see a few
reports exceeding 30 inches here.
link
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?format=CI&glossary=1&highlight=off&issuedby=BOX&product=AFD&site=NWS&version=1
Fwiw…Cindy’s 5 +5 forecast has multiple opportunities for more snow down the road.
This radar Scop loop shows DRY AIR pushing South and at the same time, the northern edge of the “Death Band” approaching from the East. Will that yellow blob get to Boston before the dry slot moves in???
https://ibb.co/Tqgy3768
As I keep watching radar scope, it looks to me like the DEATH BAND is about to move back in. As hard as it is snowing now, soon to be snowing even harder!!!!
Good Wordle 3, JPD. 3 here also
Excellent!!! we’re co-engineers for now….someone will get it in 2. Too many good players here. 🙂
Very possible
Well someone has to be in the subsidence area , I guess that would be me this time. The heavy snow has been approaching all night but dissipates just before it gets here with only a few brief lobes of heavier snow, with about 8.5” so far. The wind is pretty strong though with some gusts around 45.
Where are u located again?
Southbridge? I think that is what I remember, If not that, close to it.
Very close Jp Dave, the town next door to the west Sturbridge.
Well I remember the “S”. sorry I missed that.
I don’t know how anyone can get an accurate snow measurement. After the wet paste that initially came down, the snow is lighter and blowing everywhere. Just absolute madness out there right now.
I posted above. When I called my numbers in to nws, I said I did my best. The woman who answered said everyone has said the same.
RI could have some historic numbers. Insane radar view.
That area has done well this winter. Last storm they had some jackpot areas down near the airport
Look at this additional band forming to the West
https://ibb.co/994dQ8Mq
Is that called a deformation band?
A deformation band in meteorology is
a narrow, elongated, and often intense band of clouds and precipitation formed within a region of atmospheric deformation, where opposing wind flows cause air to converge and stretch. These bands, frequently associated with winter weather (snow/sleet), occur in cols between cyclonic and anticyclonic systems, representing a 6-9 hour transition phase where clouds thin, elongate, and eventually dissipate.
Zero chance to get an accurate measurement with this wind. All I know I was out with the dog and it was getting deep.
It looks like the system is jogging a bot to the ESE???
Don’t like that. Just a bit too far South and East.
https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES19/ABI/SECTOR/ne/GEOCOLOR/20260540821-20260541216-GOES19-ABI-NE-GEOCOLOR-600×600.gif
It’s bad down here. Been under those bands for the better part of the last 4 hours. Temp down to 29 from 32 earlier.
At Logan as of 8 AM
Heavy Snow with wind gusting to 51.8 mph
Vis 1/4 mile. That’s 2 hour’s worth. 1 more to go.
Temp 30 with NORTH WIND already! NE winds didn’t last all that long!!!
While it’s snowing nicely in downtown Boston, it is NOT 2-4 inches an hour. Not even close. I think I have 5 inches thus far, and I think ~10 will be the final tally. It’s not a big storm here. Nor is the wind a major factor.
Please note, I know that this IS a big storm to our south and southwest.
Why you doing that Joshua? It’s heavy snow being reported. Easily 2-3 inches per hour. I guarantee you it’s going to be over 10 inches and 59 mph. That a bad storm. Not sure what the goal is here.
There is more than just your immediate neighborhood which is always the lowest by a wide margin.
I’m down near TF GREENE sand yes we are in the death band I’m measuring about 21 inches. 8am wind gusting to 63mph.
Crazy!! You’ll get to 30 easily and then some
Tom : Winslow & Standish multiple poles snapped
Not surprised
Watching the radar, I’m curious as to how much Mark has not too far south of me in Coventry, it seems we’ve been on the same snow axis.
No question someone walks away with 36+ under those bands down in RI.
Just got in and measured about 10.5 inches. I won’t be in the jackpot area but will easily get over a foot. The snow I had to shovel was that heavy wet snow. Please be careful to anyone who has to shovel. I am hoping now with the temperatures in the mid 20s the snow will become lighter and easy to move later.
So far as of 7am NY has 15.1 inches of snow and I see BOS has 5.2.
Which city will get the most snow from the storm?
Nyc
Down to 27 here. SNOW should accumulate much faster now that is not that heavy wet stuff.
The snow is very light and fluffy. I haven’t even tried to measure. Our driveway has large patches that are empty and dry. A crazy, wild guess is 4 or 5 inches.
I got Wordle in 3.
Nice please take your spot in the engineers seat.
I am going with NYC
Maybe Philip has where BOS is for the season.
NY so far for the season is up to 37.4 for the season
Current view
https://ibb.co/4wJKXPP9
Also now down to 28.
Another thing I just saw for NYC thanks to Meteorologist Lee Goldberg from WABC. He put a graphic called Blizzard on the 6s
January 96 NY got 20.2
February 06 NY got 26.9
January 16 NY got 27.5 it’s biggest snowstorm on record
February 26????
Box table for Highest Wind Reports.
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=PNS
It’s not surprising that 57% of Barnstable county has no power.
No way to measure but by the looks of certain spots I am sure we are over 10 if not 12 at this point. It’s been intense for several hours.
I’m guessing 8 or 9 inches.
Thanks, TK!
The snow stick in the backyard is measuring 22” as best as I can tell. It was 3” when I went to bed. The house is plastered in snow on all sides! We lost power at around 8:15 am.
Can someone send over some coffee? 🙂
Wow !!
Coffee 🙂
Oh no Captain. This band has been relentless but is showing some signs of improvement if you want to call it that over my area with the temp drop,
We have been right on the edge of the intense bands, down south of the city will have some incredible numbers.
That’s for sure. Just missing out, but just enough to make it interesting. It ain’t over, but so far color me disappointed.
I think the radar can help also identify the 850 mb jet.
In other words, the western edge of the heaviest band is probably 60-65 kts at 850 mb.
And is the echoes get darker or more yellow, it’s getting above 70 kts.
Accordingly, we’ve ramped up even further in the wind dept. its 9 am and the next 2 hrs look even a little stronger for the jet above.
There’s an orange dot on eversource for 1200 customers alone on the western part of town and then many other circles on the eastern side, 10 here, 100 there, etc.
It’s not going to be pretty what the outcome is after the next 2 hrs.
Wherever that death band is the next 2 hrs, the sfc wind gusts are ferocious along with the heavy snow.
The 12Z runs have my location getting about 11 inches on top of 5 or 6 that fell by 7AM would bring the total to 16 or 17 inches.
Not too shabby. We’l see what the final total will be.
AT THIS HOUR, NWS still has this map out
https://www.weather.gov/box/winter
NO WAY Boston gets to 20 inches. Not in my opinion anyway.
Time will tell.
Has to get a little over 21 inches to make the TOP 10 all time.
9 AM obs from Norwood airport.
temp 27, vis 0.15 miles in HEAVY SNOW
Wind North at 17 mph, gusting to 38
Ace, you’re not too far from there, is the visibility that low?
I’m about 8 miles SSE of Norwood Airport, and yes, it’s that bad. Arod I believe is in Westwood which is even closer.
🙂
13Z HRRR for 16Z or 11 AM
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=hrrr&p=850wh&rh=2026022313&fh=3&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
Starts to drop off at noon
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=hrrr&p=850wh&rh=2026022313&fh=4&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
Ok, I see 4 green circles each running btwn 500 and 800 customers out, each circle.
And another circle for 1200, so, that’s 3600 before I account for the other 50 circles that each are worth 10, 50 or 100.
So, it’s bad down here, the wind and we need to get through the worst core of this 850 mb jet up til 11am.
But this is turning out to be quite serious for Marshfield and other coastal towns.
Massive wind gust just blew here tom !! Snow & wind has tremendously picked up big time . I got a guy in the hood trying to snow blow , good luck with that . It’s going to be a long day & night here on the South Shore
For Boston 13Z HRRR (8am) calling for an additional 8 inches on top of 6 or 7 inches that fell up to 8AM for a grand total of
14 to 15 inches, Near the TOP of TK’s range and more reasonable than the NWS 18-24 inches.
Frankly, I see us getting OUT of the heavier snow before that can happen. Still say a foot is about tops.
I’m in that color me disappointed train car with you JP Dave. I understand this is a major storm for many but is a bit disappointing to have an opportunity like this wasted with a relentless dry slot for my area. I’m hoping as the storm moves away the band will shift a bit for a little more accumulation. It’s only 9:18 so there is still time for things to change.
I doubt it. I think you are SCREWED. Not totally screwed here, but enough to be disappointed!!
The disappointed folks are welcomed to come to marshfield and help us recover when this ends.
I’m with you Tom. This is certainly not a disappointment for the southeastern part of the state.
Saw the worst is still to come for south coast as costal front moves east from Providence- rates 2 to 4 inches per hour in those bands
Hingham to Brockton to Providence South and East, still plenty to go.
https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=NDBC44013&hours=72
Boston Harbor buoy.
Sustained at 40+, gusting to 60 and just coming right into south shore coastal towns.
It’s such a strong wind here.
FRANKLY, NOT NOT NOT impressed with the WIND here at all.
Now that I said that, watch me lose power!!!!
I think I/We have BROKEN IMGBB!!!! Can’t load site!!!!
Just loaded finally!!!
Just barely holding onto the good snow
https://ibb.co/rRCm5MvB
Slowly moving on out.
I had to have a COFFEE today. 1st one in Months!!!
It really hit the spot. Now let’s see what it does to my stomach!
The images and videos from Tom’s neck of the woods are quite something. The wind and snow in Plymouth, for instance. Wow. Whenever storms hit hard there, I try to imagine the pilgrims in the 1620s. After going through periods of heat and humidity they had never experienced before, to then get hit by these ferocious storms must have been a shock. As pious as they were, perhaps they thought this was God’s wrath for their sinful ways.
JP Dave, I drink coffee against the advice of my doctor. I admit that I’m stubborn. It does lead to more acid reflux and stomach issues. But I’m addicted. Plus, for my work I have to concentrate.
Same issue here. I have to take 40 mg of famotidine daily!
I REALLY NEEDED COFFEE today!!!!
I drink a lot , I’ll probably have 6-7 cups today
Up to 20” this storm.
Power just came back on!
We have Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant for our power company! They are the best!!!!!
The banding we spoke of has been quite evident.
A typical characteristic of rapid intensification of low pressure.
Sure have. In and out of Boston.
That band is sitting over pembroke
I measured 7.5 inches here about 15 minutes ago. Granted, it’s hard to measure accurately.
Temperature is down to 26F.
It is not snowing that hard right now. It seems as if in my location the heaviest of the yellow snow bands haven’t materialized. On radar, there appeared (appear) to be some breaking up of the yellow blob as it approached Boston. Wind is blowing, but nothing like our friends to the south.
Still snowing pretty hard here in JP, BUT not as intensely as it is to our South and SW. 🙁 🙁 🙁
Still in for a really decent snow event, just NOT the monster I was hoping for.
To me, the RRFSA and THE RDPS NAILED this sucker!!!!
I know watching those death bands not make progress away from the core of the 850 mb jet is disappointing.
Associated with this deep a low, trust me, you don’t want them.
I really went to bed thinking we were going to be ok.
Eversource is up to 50% of the town without power and we’ve got til 11am to go under these ferocious winds.
Trust me, if I could send these death bands to the middle of the Atlantic, I would.
Where you see those yellows, yeah the incredible snow, but the wind gusts are out of control and causing a lot of problems.
TK – first blizzard with HTE variable in play. Will this have a role in enhancing totals?
The January storm too.
Box totals for reported snowfall. As I mentioned earlier (and Hadi too), I’m not sure how spotters are getting accurate totals.
Be careful. Some reports are recent and some 2 hours old. Also did hear that New Bedford is in at 24.”
https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=NWS&issuedby=BOX&product=PNS
Some pretty impressive snow totals and wind gusts!!
Pretty decent storm.
Thank you. Glad to see my number is in line for the area. I am extra careful about that.
We have a foot now.
I saw your report. Nice job!
Thank you. Just called in 12.5
I just looked at The Weather Channel. The current conditions for Lunenburg are reported as “Fog.”
Once the wind calms, we’ll have to shovel those drifts of fog off the driveway.
🙂
Hliarous!!! DRIFTS OF FOG.
Sound like a fantastic name for a Rock Band.
Now appearing at Madison Square Garden:
DRIFTS OF FOG
With opening act: DEATH BAND
See in the mosh pit! 🙂
Is anyone going to the Bombogenesis show next month?
That one is OK as well. 🙂
COASTAL FRONT is another up and coming bad as well.
And don’t forget:
FRONTOGENESIS
Love this.
26.8 degrees here at 10 am
It ‘s 24 in Coventry and 31 in New Bedford!
SCLarke,
Are you getting into one of those outer bands? You should be awfully close.
https://ibb.co/LD0mMrdk
Thanks – I’ll keep an eye out for an increase in intensity.
Down to 25 here
Coastal front is saving Boston westward from big tree damage.
And it “may” allow for higher accumulation. 🙂
Logan 9AM obs
https://forecast.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KBOS.xml
That makes 3 consective hourly observations of HEAVY SNOW with vis 1/4 mile and wind frquently gusting OVER 35 mph.
I do believe this qualifies as an “OFFICIAL BLIZZARD” for Boston.
btw, STILL SNOWING VERY HARD here in JP. Vis 1/4 mile or less. It is still really coming down, even though we are not fully in the yellow death band. I really think with the snow drying out it does NOT reflect as well on radar and with dark green echoes it can be snowing as hard or nearly as hard as yellow echoes to the South. I may be all wet, but it IS SNOWING VERY HARD.
We have gone from 31 at 4 am to 25 now. It was 31 until about 7. Adding up quicker now with the heavy drier snow!
Good !!!! 🙂
Hi from North Providence.
Watching channel 10 here. Local Met is upping his totals to 30-36 inches. Outdoor reporters said plows are off the roads for awhile, because they can’t see.
Sorry JPDave, we’ve got the KOWABUNGA moments!
Yes you do. Please enjoy!!!
At least some of us got it.
But, I really can’t complain, Still a very nice storm here, not the biggest/nastiest ever, but not too shabby either.
Biggest shocker for me is New Bedford. It could very well exceed 30 inches when all is said and done. I don’t know if that has ever happened before.
I just went out to shovel path for the dogs & it’s just dangerous. All I was seeing was pines swinging back & fourth & cracking sounds . Just pounding wind & snow right now , wind is insane !!!
Those totals to our South and Southwest are INSANE
and it is still snowing like crazy down there.
Will some place reach 40 inches?
MESO SCALE DISCUSSION. See below. NUFF SAID!!!!
https://ibb.co/RGsKmx9c
It’s a complete whiteout here.
Even heavier snow rate than the storm 3
weeks ago.
I’ve got areas that are down to nothing and drifts to 3-4 ft.
Nice. Do you still have power?
So far,so good here. The wind really isn’t too bad here, 6 miles inland.
We’re hanging in there, thanks.
40% of towns eversource customers are out.
I think you & I sound very compatible Tom
Thanks TK.
Just measured about 10” here in Coventry CT. We have been dry slotted all morning here in the dreaded subsidence zone. Not even a flurry out there right now. Visibility is excellent, I can see out all my windows, not even close to blizzard conditions.
Not overly surprised as a lot of the short range models head been showing this the past few days. Still pretty impressive out there as I still had 10-12” on the ground and decent sized snowbanks before this even started. Nice to have a constant deep snowpack, and there are multiple additional snow chances showing up the GFS and Euro the next 10 days.
Sorry you got screwed. Not too shabby here, but missed out
on the big totals to the South and SW. Still, I’ll take it.
Puts BOSTON ABOVE AVERAGE FOR THE SEASON!!!
They did indeed, most especially the RRFS-A and the RDPS!!!
Say what you want about the Canadian suite of models, but I have always found the RDPS to be quite good. Perhaps that is just I. Whatever, it NAILED this one!!! EXCEPT Neither model got the impressive totals we are getting in RI and SE MA!!!
I just looked at the 18Z runs. NOT EVEN REMOTELY CLOSE
Although the 18Z HRDPS was a “bit” closer
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=hrdps&p=sn10_acc-imp&rh=2026022218&fh=48&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
The limits of modern #modelology!
Wednesday
I haven’t been out yet, but it “looks” like we are closing in on a foot here and still snowing HARD. Perhaps it has lightened just a wee tad.
https://weather.us/radar-us/951446847d947534e5a7299cc7e08b14/reflectivity/KBOX.html#play-0-12-5
I finally see some hope on that radar.
Yes
Thanks mark, identical here.
Definitely disappointed. I had hoped we would rack up a little more before getting dry slotted and/or it would pivot further west.
That’s what made NEMO so special in 2013. Pretty much everyone got smoked with 20-36” and there were no losers .
If I didn’t drive 10 hours yesterday, I might have taken a leisurely drive out to Providence today. Just unreal what is going on SE MA and RI right now This is going to be an all timer for this area by a long shot.
For all of you in the meat of it, enjoy it and stay safe! This is your NEMO!
Indeed Mark as it’s a different world down here , big cleanup ahead tomorrow
I am very concerned about the trees now – tried to shake snow off and they are frozen solid . One tree collapsed down the street from me
Down you way, you bet. Stay safe! Be careful if you venture outside. 🙂
Latest map of snow reports from the NWS.
https://www.weather.gov/source/crh/snowmap.html?zoom=8&lat=41.64&lon=-71.61&hr=24
Lots of two foot plus amounts emerging in LI, RI and even a 20” report in SE CT.
Great map! Too bad some of those reports are OLD.
Total whiteout conditions here.
22”
The drifts are up against the doors so they won’t open. Going out soon to shovel them open and clear the CO2 vent in the back.
Absolutely nuking here, my son measured around 14-15 inches so far. We are 100% in those bands from the looks on Radar scope.
Unreal what is happening down in RI and interior Mass, 40 is possible.
Still SNOWING pretty hard here. Not quite the intensity of earlier, but plenty hard enough. Vis still near 1/4 mile, perhaps just a tad higher. Maybe NOT snowing 2 or 3 inches an hour now, perhaps down to 1 to 1.5 inches per hour, so STILL accumulating.
Decay process underway.
It will be slow and unsteady.
A llong dry slot here in the Merrimac Valley to southern NH, as Tk predicted I guess. I don’t mind lesser snow totals personally….
Wordle 3
Nice. Crowded Engineering compartment today, but We’ll make room for you.
Down two degrees to 24.8 in the last 30 minutes.
I’m at 23F. I think I was at 28F in the early AM hours.
Fluff factor west of that costal front so that will help.
All my windows are pasted white. Managed to get a couple cleared and didn’t like what I saw. Visibility here is less than a 1/4 mile (I can’t see the small hill behind the wetlands near my back yard and that hill is very close). Winds of course are howling. We have several large limbs down and also pretty much half of big tree (one of my loop antennas took a hit…that won’t be repaired till April at this rate). I have no idea how much snow we’ve received but maybe 10 inches or so? Now I have to try to get the dog outside to do her thing….this should be interesting.
Good luck.
Not including today, total seasonal snowfall to date is (was) 43.3 inches for Boston.
It’s clear places will get 36+ inches down south of Boston. Logan will come in when all said and done over 20 IMO.
12Z HREF Mean 12 hour snow period 7AM to 7PM today:
https://ibb.co/gbKCzQ02
For Boston shows 1 foot from 7AM and we had 5-6 inches at 7AM so do the math. 17-18 inches for Boston. That would be nice. “MAY” make that. We shall see.
I swear we had way more than 5 inches at 7 AM , the dog is 100 lbs and she was buried.
Well we are 5-6 miles SW of Logan, so we could have had 7 or 8 inches. I didn’t measure, so can’t say. IT didn’t look like 8 inches at 7AM, but then it is difficult to tell from up here on the 2nd floor. My son lives on the first floor.
When I go out, don’t know how I am going to measure as there were already huge snow piles before this even started, 🙂 🙂
Hope to get out after lunch and SLOWLY start the clean up.
Doctors orders to REST every 5-7 minutes and NOT to over do it!!!!! CANNOT get my heart rate up there too much. NOT at my age!!!
JP….please be careful….
AND you are still 1 mile farther South than I am, so that 1 mile in this instance CAN make a difference. 🙂
Meant to post this earlier but I was watching the news and jacob wycoff picked up a struggling mouse in the road and… then I recorded what happened next, great for a laugh: https://youtu.be/We1G6t1LV28?si=
Hilarious!!! A mouse? Screw the mouse. Had it been a rabbit sure. A chipmunck, sure. an opossum, sure. A raccoon, sure. A mouse, NO WAY!!!!! Let that sucker DIE in the snow.
Even though I love snow, I’m happy for the north shore area, specifically Amesbury, escaping the brunt of this one. Lots of wind, but much, much less snow than southeastern Mass.
A quick update….took the pup (she did her thing in record time). I think we’ve received much more than 10 inches. My walkway had to have on average 15 inches where I walked (not scientific I know). We haven’t seen or heard a plow in hours here. Got a very quick look and tree limbs are down all over our property and on the street too. Wind is really howling and it’s puking snow. I won’t say it’s like the Blizzard of 78…but it’s pretty damn nasty out there.
Sounds gruesome!!!
I’ll bet your 15 inch estimate is pretty damn close!!!
Same mark , just crazy . Not 78 here as 78 had a lot of loss with it .
Yes and were were all younger then 🙂
I remember leaving the office at 2pm on that Monday and finding a bar that was open downtown (I was 22 at the time) and hours later coming out (somewhat tipsy) and saying WTH! The ride home on the Orange Line was harrowing.
First winter in marshfield I was 7 & just remember the water flowing down ocean Bluff & getting evacuated. The destruction was horrible .
Fun day. I have spent ALL morning on my computer,
THIS IS FUN!!!!
I LIVE for this! My wife thinks I am insane and totally OBSESSED!!!! TRUE!!!!
23″ at 11 am
WOW!!!!!
Capt where are you again?
As predicted by TK and also the HREF, the snow has lightened
up a bit more here. Still snowing decently, but NOT heavy anymore. Still moderate, which is still good for about 1 inch per hour.
Speaking of that. I have heard so many TV mets (NOT TK) talk about there being heavy SNOW with rates of 1 inch per hour. NO NO NO and More NO. 1 inch per hour = Good solid MODERATE snow.
HEAVY SNOW is at least 1.5 to 2 inches per hour, NOT 1 inch per hour. I HATE IT HATE IT and completely CAN’T STAND it when they do that!!!!!
1.5-2 inches per hour OR More.
NOT FOR NOTHING, But are the 18Z NAMs from yesterday.
TRASH the NAM all you want, but it has it closer to reality than any other model
NAM
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?rh=2026022218&fh=48&dpdt=&mc=&r=us_ne&p=sn10_acc-imp&m=nam
3KM NAM was even better
https://www.pivotalweather.com/model.php?m=nam4km&p=sn10_acc-imp&rh=2026022218&fh=48&r=us_ne&dpdt=&mc=
NWS Map. Issued 1 hour ago.
https://www.weather.gov/images/box/winter/StormTotalSnow.jpg
wow! They LOWERED Boston by 1 inch!!!!
That’s really backing off, isn’t it?
LOL!
Thanks Philip for mentioning the BOS total before this storm
So far BOS 5.2 NY 15.1 standings
Snowfall standings
BOS 48.5
NY 37.4
Latest radarscope image
https://ibb.co/9HmVBPZk
A rare loss for Worcester. Dry air cursed for basically the whole storm. Maybe 6” or so
That sucks!!!
On The plus side, Worcester and surrounding area got in on some good stuff early on in the storm while the rest of us
WAITED…..
From Ryan Hanrahan
From the WPC – the barometric pressure at the center of the nor’easter is down to 966mb. That’s a 41mb pressure drop in 24 hours (bombogenesis is 24mb in 24 hours).
Yup. Too bad it moved a little more to the South and East as TK suspected all along. MASSIVE STORM to the South and SW of Boston. Not too shabby for the city itself, BUT not up to the totals to the South.
I won a bet made Saturday.
They said 977 at 12z. I said 966.
Hope you made some good $$ on that bet 😉
Who said 977? Curious.
Nice job!!!
UNOFFICIALLY (Ch.7) Boston now has 10” so far.
Next “official” report from Logan at 1:00 pm.
We have about 15 inches here in Westwood and still in moderate to heavy snow.
Logan just gusted to 68 mph and another buoy north of the Boston harbor buoy gusted to 83 mph.
So, I hope, as the pressure starts to rise, we’re not about to get one more final massive wind gust blast here, because for the past 20 mins, the arrival of the colder air has seemed to calm the wind down just a bit.
https://www.weather.gov/wrh/timeseries?site=KBOS&hours=72
Impressive. Very long period of HEAVY SNOW and WIND.
Can you say BLIZZARD!!!!
STILL SNOWING very hard here. Vis back down to 1/4 mile or less.
Looks like another piece of the “death band” is about to move in here.
Yup, pulsed westward a bit for sure
And the yellows have returned here with more ferocious gusts
Gust 83 MPH on Nantucket
11AM Logan obs
Gusts to 61. Heavy snow temp: 24
This makes 4 hours of 1/4 mile vis heavy snow with wind frequently gusting over 35 mph.
I THINK WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL BLIZZARD!!!
Snowing steadily here again, for a bit anyway, as the dry slot on the back side fills in.
Some totals someone just posted on the American Wx forum:
PVD 30
ISP 28
EWR 26
LGA 21
There is also an unofficial report from Charlestown RI of 40” (probably measured in a snow drift)
25 inches in Dartmouth and still
Coming down hard. Two snow plows have been stuck outside my hour for over 30 minutes. Front end loader trying to get them out – never seen that before
I guess the low’s pressure is 966 mb
18 inches in Hanover now according to Cindy so I must be at least that or higher . Old salty heavy band heading to Boston soon according to her & I must be under that now as it’s as Hadi says puking snow here
Wonder if pembroke will go over 2 feet like the last storm in January
Me thinks it might
Probably.
We’ve been under those yellows forever.
Impossible to measure it here in eastern Marshfield.
There’s nothing here and a 4 ft drift there and everything in btwn everywhere else.
I think even most of tonight tom will still be very , very bad down this way as the plows will just be getting going
For a few minutes the snow may have let up a little but now visibility is back down to 1/4 or less and howling. We haven’t seen a plow here since before sunrise.
They won’t be out in full force till this wind dies down , even being in big trucks this is very difficult to navigate with the blowing snow
I think most of the south shore will be shut down tomorrow & I absolutely can’t see any school holding session tomorrow, not even a delay as major cleanup just on the main areas ( schools are last )
Yup, snowing awfully hard here for sure.
I think there will be some towns with 40 inches from this storm. We are still getting crushed
This from a poster on American Wx forum along with pictures…
Just plastered here in Narragansett and still dumping. Hard to measure. Was maybe 16 to 18 around 8AM, with another 8-12 since. A bit hard to measure, so take with a grain of salt. Could be more…
https://www.americanwx.com/bb/uploads/monthly_2026_02/20260223_105515.jpg.e448924a3997ea2de012a23f0c860d51.jpg
https://www.americanwx.com/bb/uploads/monthly_2026_02/20260223_110103.jpg.dfe1da8c3bbc60d74068de0a7a126eb0.jpg
Latest RADARSCOPE image
https://ibb.co/N2D1BxBY
Still pounding SNOW in this band that doesn’t want to quit just yet!!!
In hindsight, I knew that 850 mb jet was impressive and we were watching where it would get to.
When it’s that strong over an area for that long and I wish I had recalled what that did 4 years ago in late Jan, when you get that kind of signal at 850 mb, overlapped also by an impressive 700 mb jet, we have to remember next time it’s the precursor to an absolute pummeling under it.
I do suppose the models had some hints with some 2.0 QPF hits in southernmost New England on the models.
Agreeed. See my post above of the 18Z NAMS. They surely hinted at it, even if still under done, but had WAY more than the other models. Go Figure. THE NAMS of all things!!!!
Yes.
The GFS sniffed this out over a week ago. Most other operational models had this as a complete miss. The GFS did not back down. Impressive.
The new King. It also was steadfast in the miss on the last bomb cyclone that hit the Carolinas last month while the Euro was showing a bit. It’s not perfect but the Euro has gone to complete trash.
Bit -> hit
I see Fitchburg was reporting HEAVY SNOW at 11AM
https://forecast.weather.gov/xml/current_obs/KFIT.xml
I don’t see where this mentions snow. But it does confirm what I saw earlier on TWC: “Freezing Fog and Breezy.”
Tree fell through plow drivers windshield in Kingston MA. Fortunately he walked away from this:
https://www.americanwx.com/bb/uploads/monthly_2026_02/Screenshot_20260223_111811_Messenger.jpg.e8c42170ae7a762ed74bcd4c075fb906.jpg
https://www.americanwx.com/bb/uploads/monthly_2026_02/Screenshot_20260223_111807_Messenger.jpg.1cc5d825baca2821a232bbef68cbc365.jpg
I saw that
Scary, so glad he’s ok.
That 2nd photo is a great illustration of our roads down here, which wind through forests really in many areas.
That’s why it can be such a SLOW recovery down here.
Wow!!! Lucky Man!!! That’s horrible!!!
Mark, how close are you to this RIDICULOUS SNOW HOLE?
https://ibb.co/dsCm6H0P
I don’t want to talk about it.
🙂 🙂 🙂 I get it!!!
I know we have maxed and I saw that TK said we have entered a slow decay phase.
While the sfc low may have gone just south of the benchmark, that overall 500 mb bowling ball it’s captured in, is quite large, so, there’s some part of it still fa back enough to keep this atmospheric river of crazy snow still rotating in.
Needs to move further northeast a little more to ease this thing off.
Yup. Quite a storm, MOST ESPECIALLY for areas South and SW of Boston. Storm for Boston NOTHING to SNEEZE at, but NOT comparable to those areas S and SW.
Although I wanted to get in on the big action, action here was enough to satisfy, even for me. 🙂 🙂
Good, I’m glad you got a good amt of snow.
At 966 mb, it would have been devastating if it came 50 miles further northwest, because that would have pushed potential 70-80 mph gusts further northwest and probably pushed 50-60 mph gusts a distance inland that people don’t usually see.
I’m still getting clobbered!
Thanks TK.
Far as I can tell, everything on track. Major to locally historic storm, with the potentially historic totals reserved for RI and southeast MA. I said 22 for BOS, not exactly sure how that’s tracking but guessing it won’t be far off.
What a thing of beauty honestly. Just a classic Nor’easter. The banding, the “eye”, everything. Just no cyclonic loop! But these storms make future meteorologists 🙂
Thank you WxWatcher. If your folks are still in wrentham, I am sure they will be OVER 2 feet!!!!
For Logan, I think they fall short of the 22 inches, but at this rate who knows. Still snowing pretty hard here, but NOT at the rate of farther S&W.
I think maybe 16-18 will do it for Logan. Time will tell. One never knows around here. NOT too shabby no matter what, just not an Epic storm here.
My mom sent me a couple pictures, good luck getting an accurate measurement but I can confirm it was definitely a lot of snow lol. Think they’re probably a tad too far NW for the maximum totals, but still, almost splitting hairs at that point…
I saw your post the other day about spending time in/around Lake Pearl. Our house is only a few minutes away from there, it’s a lovely town 🙂
Yes, it is as is the neighboring Millis where I grew up. 🙂
Cheers and thanks
This from my DIL in Lincoln, RI. Pup is a lab mix
https://ibb.co/0y25Z6PF
That is a SHIT TON of SNOW!!!!!
Sure Is.
Wow!!
The snow stick from the backyard at noon.
You need to subtract 3″ that was already on the ground:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/wUjB8DzS11B9MZH6A
Really been missing days like this the last few years. Definitely in my happy place on the couch looking out the window thinking about late afternoon or even evening cleanup and checking in and out of WHW. Landed in the PHEW Caboose today. Stay safe everyone.
So close yet so far from this band. A foot of snow is not too shabby.
https://x.com/Danbury_WX/status/2025964891333333354
There always seems to be a far outer band with these potent nor’easters where there is a snow maximum along with the intense banding that occurs closer to the storm center like what is happening now in SE MA. And in the middle where I am, screw zone.
All Market Baskets closed at noon.
Now that must have been a hard decision , store is a goldmine .
Probably to keep their employees safe.
Not to mention the customers as well. 🙂
I am surprised they opened at all.
I hope most schools close again tomorrow and maybe even Wednesday as well, especially those near the South Coast.
Taunton Public Schools have called off classes already for tomorrow.
In the past, Middleborough schools have cancelled school for a entire week after such major snowstorms.
They’ll make the right decisions. 🙂
So far from the WCVB list it looks like only Scituate so far down here.
Closures already being announced for tomorrow along South coast – might be remote rest of week in these parts. I have huge piles of snow in the street – we won’t be going anywhere till maybe Wednesday
Death band keeps trying to rotate in here, either to break up some or move just South and west of here. But STILL SNOWING pretty hard here.
12 PM Logan obs. STILL HEAVY SNOW and BLIZZARD conditions even though not quite into the death band. Just at the fringe/edge of it. BUT that’s enough to keep the SNOW train going!!!
I am GUESSING by looking out the window, they we are up to “about” 14 inches or so with it still coming down HARD!!!
Will be going out in about an hour or so. 🙂
Also have a TEAMS meeting with executive staff at work
to discuss plans for tomorrow. I believe the office will be closed, but staff will be expected to work remotely.
National Guard heading down are way to Duxbury for there Heavy Equipment as the fire Chief said the snow is just so heavy the plows can barely move it & 52% of the town is out &!he said probably for days . This is the same story in pembroke , Marshfield & Halifax where Tom , Sue & I live . This is just getting worse as the day goes on . The wind is cranking again as my house just absolutely shook , I just heard a loud pop outside & im looking out my window & I can’t even see the houses . It’s been a long time that a storm of this magnitude has hit the south shore .
It’s actually making me quite nervous but I am grateful this is not happening at night
Tops from reports so far…
WIND
77 mph at Wellfleet
83 mph Nantucket
SNOW
26.5 Cranston RI & Swansea MA
Yes…I know those snow #s are not final. That’s from the latest report (both around 10:30 a.m.).
Is it my imagineation OR is this system making a turn more to the NORHT thus keeping the SNOW going???
https://cdn.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES19/ABI/SECTOR/ne/GEOCOLOR/20260541236-20260541716-GOES19-ABI-NE-GEOCOLOR-600×600.gif
That’s the northeast turn TK said would happen. It’s also the continued intensification that is keeping the snow locked in.
I agree. Thanks
This doesn’t end until about 8 Pm from what I am reading, working today so hard to focus lol
I thought the same thing JPDAve
From the Hingham Municipal Light Plant
Update: Due to the dangerously high winds, we cannot safely operate our bucket trucks to make necessary repairs on existing outages.
We’ve decided to temporarily ground our line crews while we wait for the winds to slow down. We should be back up in the air later this afternoon as soon as it is safe.
As of the time of this post & current conditions, we expect to have power restored to affected customers sometime tonight. Stay warm, stay safe, and call 911 in case of emergency.
Makes good sense. I was wondering if they could go up in this.
Tom Nevers rd in Nantucket;
https://x.com/ericfisher/status/2025968271611084986?s=46&t=cAAA4iBELkUhqYWBAiwAsw
Wow….
Oh dear
Wow !
Just heard from a work associated who resides in the Fall River area. He is reporting at least 30 inches with it still snowing hard!
Westerly RI
https://x.com/hurricaneaddict/status/2025948295667879997?s=46&t=cAAA4iBELkUhqYWBAiwAsw
Oh my. That’s where my grandson is with his mom
Still snowing hard here (not as heavy as before). Visibility is up a little (maybe a little over a 1/4 mile). Still no plows, etc.
The NWS seem show the heavy (yellow) band shrinking while the greens seem to be expanding NW a little (my eyes may be playing tricks but I don’t think so).
There was a measurement in Swampscott of 9″ by a spotter over and hour and half ago. I forecasted 6-10″ and it will be close to the upper end. The wind was a bigger story for me. It has been relentless. It’s relaxing some now but snow still blowing sideways.
Our plow guy has given it a couple of tries. he has a long ways to go.
280,000+ structures without power in MA was the las report I saw.
On the flip side everything just picked up again here…especially the wind.
Also saw 90% of the Cape is without power
Tom….i May have missed you posting this. I can’t keep up here. Son said he heard Marshfield had a gust of 83
Nantucket hit 83, that was the highest I saw
Saw a 97.3 at Wellfleet
WPRI reporting 33” in Charlestown RI.
Taken from my garage about 15 minutes ago:
That’s the outline of my car on the right.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/hUsWz6a9r4wRowCo6
Oh my
Wow! Take it easy out there clearing all that!
My adult sons are clearing the snow for their Old Man!!! 🙂
Good deal. Tell them to take it easy! That looks like a daunting task.
Oh dear. And thanks goodness for your sons.
Every dsy.
Every day!
I found this re the 83 mph. AI generated so not sure. Asked son where he heard it but he’s at work so not sure he can answer.
As of February 23, 2026, a major East Coast blizzard and bomb cyclone brought extreme weather to New England, with Marshfield, Massachusetts, recording a wind gust of 83 mph.
The Weather Channel
The Weather Channel
This high wind speed was part of a historic storm that included high snowfall rates and hurricane-force wind gusts in the region, with nearby areas like Dennis recording 82 mph, and Long Island seeing gusts up to 84 mph.
It wouldn’t surprise me at all if there were more 80+ wind reports. The reports haven’t all officially come in yet.
Snow has let up a bit more here, but still snowing decently
Interesting band to the West
https://ibb.co/dwDMhM7s
Thank you TK!
It is definitely a wild day down here today. Silver Lake School District already cancelled for tomorrow. I sense the clean up is going to take quite a while. On a positive note, I still have power.
Excellent that you have power, Sue !
Stay safe Sue
Fingers crossed for you from this former power outage fan. Please note I said former. It took me decades but I finally think I grew up.
I would like to request a 24-48 hr pause on links related to any possible future snow fall events after this one.
lol, as my wife tells me to often, I will suck it up when they get posted.
🙂 🙂 🙂
But, I will be posting every hot, humid hints days out on the models this summer, while wishing it doesn’t get that bad for JpDave’s wife and others who don’t feel well in that weather.
Please. I’m now stressing my hand surgery next week. It is minor but needs to get done
It will.
This storm is masking that’s it’s late February and while I see hints of cold shots here and there and a few disturbances, I think we don’t have anything big on the horizon. And any day that it’s sunny, the 40 degree sun angle will get things back to normal pretty quickly, especially inland with less tree and power issues.
32.8 inches at TF GREENE largest snowfall in at least a hundred years. Probably another 3-5 inches to go.
Ironically, as that stationary, intense band unwinds, with it, eases some of the tremendous lift and thus, there would be an easing of the sinking air away from the band, and thus, some of the snow in the still overall northeast circulation is becoming steadier in northern, central and west central parts of southern New England.
Except of course downslope to the west of Worcester county in that sinking air in the CT valley.
But it looks like it’s snowing better in Middlesex county, Worcester county and eastern ct
The visibility is as low as I’ve seen it all day on a Lowell, MA webcam.
What there getting in RI and parts of MA reminds of the Blizzard of 2013 in CT. This storm in those areas will be talked about for a long time.
NEMO !!! Another marshfield crippler.
This isn’t as bad, I think, but I went to bed thinking the wind effects and the wind itself wasn’t going to be as bad as it has ended up.
1pm from Falmouth NWS reporting
FALMOUTH HVY SNOW 28 28 100 N32G47 29.13R VSB 0 WCI 12
The winds have died down a little…still some good gusts and the snow has also slackened…visibility up to between 1/2 and 3/4 mile is my guess.
No surprise but we’re already notified of no school tomorrow.
June 25th, last day
Sign up sheet below ……
June 18th
June 22nd
June 23rd
June 24th
Please sign up above for a day of teaching.
I’ll go til the 17th and want to be there the 25th, lol, unless we lose Wednesday and then the 25th needs someone and I’ll take the 26th.
$100 for the day. I think that’s what they are up to, maybe $120
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
Once it’s all filled, I will turn it into my awesome Principal
🙂 🙂 🙂
Hanover Police Department
Traffic Advisory:
Main Street is CLOSED at Meadow Brook Road and at Manns Drive due to a large tree across the road that is entangled in power lines. NO ETA on when the road will be open.
We cannot emphasize enough in asking you to stay home. The storm is at its peak and will not be winding down until later this evening.
Where I live in CT they got rid of a whole week for February vacation after the 95-96 winter when school went to June 30th and still had to have two days taken from April vacation. Now it is just a long weekend for Presidents Day
Yes, sometimes it does come to that.
We still, even with tomorrow, have the 26th, 27th, 29th and 30th to use without having to do some Saturday’s or vacation days. So, 4 days.
But, I could go on for 19 pages here. A June education day is not equitable to any other month’s day of school.
Anyhow …..
MBTA commuter rail running on a reduced schedule. Have only heard one train rumble by my house today.
Down here in Warwick near TF GREENE we accumulated as of 7am we had 16.1 inches. From 7am to 1 pm we accumulated about another 16 plus inches. That’s quite impressive. I’m trapped in my home . I bought a few extra groceries at the supermarket. I still have power and cable. Total mess around here but being a weather enthusiast is really quite an experience and awesome site to see.
Nice and crazy !!
I think TF Greene has recorded over 30″ so far.