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🟡The Storm Prediction Center has issued a midday update for the Deep South, drawing a Level 2 out of 5 Slight risk of severe weather.
🧊The main concern is large hail up to golf ball size.
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We're seeing ample support for spinning storms in Mississippi and northwest Alabama this evening.
HOWEVER, low level wind fields are very weak. Subsequently, we don't anticipate tornadoes.
This is mainly a hail risk... especially with cold temperatures aloft. Update soon.
Mississippi gang – we're monitoring an increasing risk of a couple hail-producing supercells this evening between 4 and 10 p.m.
We have an overlap of storm fuel and support for spin at the mid-levels. Low-level spin too weak for tornadoes; looks like mainly a hail threat.
(The lower the air pressure, the more air "missing" from the middle, and the stronger the inward suction, and therefore the winds. Since Melissa was missing 12% of the air from its center, inward winds were extreme.)
25.02.2026 18:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Its minimum central air pressure of 892 millibars ties it as the third most-intense by air pressure (behind Wilma and Gilbert).
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BREAKING: Melissa has been retroactively upgraded to 190 mph Category 5 – up from the 185 mph "operational" intensity assigned at the time.
That makes it tied with Allen (1980) as the strongest Atlantic hurricane ever observed by wind speed.
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Matthew's parents reported 30+ inches in South Plymouth; this is the biggest snowstorm in southeast New England since January 20-23, 2005.
This is what we'd consider a once in 20 or once in 25 year event for the region.
Most of Long Island saw 24 to 30+ inches.
Simply staggering snowfall totals in the Northeast and northern Mid-Atlantic; more than THREE FEET in Rhode Island and Bristol County, Massachusetts.
24.02.2026 03:15 — 👍 26 🔁 7 💬 5 📌 0And more is coming... another 3-6 inches could fall. Parts of Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts might finish with 40 INCHES!
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BREAKING: This looks like Rhode Island's BIGGEST snowstorm EVER RECORDED!
T. F. Greene International Airport is closing in on 3 FEET of snow. At 1 p.m., they had 32.8 inches, eclipsing the Blizzard of '78 and setting an ALL-TIME RECORD!
The Blizzard of 2026 from space.
A bombogenic storm spun a near-perfect spiral across the Northeast, complete with thundersnow, waterspouts, and a 75–90 mph sting jet. An eye-like dry slot even formed at the center.
Captured by GOES-East 22,236 miles above Earth. Historic and mesmerizing.
This is about as classic of a fire weather setup as you can get in Florida...
We're 5-10 inches behind in terms of rainfall, with 87% of the state in a severe to extreme drought.
Breezy with relative humidities dropping 15-22%.
Fire weather WARNINGS in effect for Peninsula!
🔥Fire weather warnings are in effect in Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana as relative humidities plummet as low as 20 percent. Blustery winds will also increase the risk of rapid fire spread should ignition occur.
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NEW: The National Weather Service has highlighted the potential for (another) snowstorm in New England during the first week of March.
In one word, how does that make you feel? 👀
..and here's our final call for the Mid-Atlantic. Washington D.C. could see 6 or 7 inches, and we've expanded the 7-11 inch category in central Pennsylvania beneath a band of expected deformation.
We also added a few inches at the coast and NYC is in the 10-16" zone.
Snowfall rates of 2 to 3 inches per hour along with blizzard conditions are likely as winds gust 45 to 75 mph — greatest gusts at the coast.
22.02.2026 14:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Isolated thunder may accompany the heaviest snow early Monday in New York City, southern Connecticut, on Long Island, in southern Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts and on the Cape/Islands.
22.02.2026 14:37 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 1Snow in southeastern Massachusetts will be maximized where a band of “frontogenesis” sets up. In other words, clashing temperatures at the mid levels of atmosphere create a density ramp of sorts that moisture is forced upwards. That rising moisture increases snowfall rates.
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New England gang – here is our final call. Not much has changed; we’ve nudged the 10-16” contour northwards to roughly the MassPike in MetroWest, and it includes Boston. To the south, we’ve slightly expanded our 16 to 20 inch category, though it’s worth noting a few towns may exceed two feet.
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A blizzard warning is issued when heavy falling and/or blowing/drifting snow will coincide with strong winds over 35 mph to reduce visibilities below a quarter mile.
Some parts of the Jersey Shore could exceed TWO FEET of accumulation.
For the first time on record, ALL of New Jersey is simultaneously under a blizzard warning. All 21 counties, encompassing 564 incorporated municipalities, are included.
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A rapidly-intensifying low pressure system will bring blizzard conditions from the Delmarva Peninsula to Boston. Totals of 10 to 18 inches are likely! Coastal flooding and damaging winds are expected. The forecast has quickly evolved.
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Plan for possible power outages if you live on Long Island, in southern Connecticut, southeastern Massachusetts or southern Rhode Island or on Cape Cod/the islands.
This storm, which is strengthening 70% faster than it needs to to be classified as a "bomb cyclone," is inhaling a LOT of air.
This system is intensifying 73% faster than the threshold to be considered a "bombogenetic cyclone."
The drop in air pressure basically means the storm has 3-4% less air in the middle, causing a vacuum effect and sucking in strong winds, cold air and moisture.
Low pressure will track exactly over the 40ºN/70ºW "benchmark," or the imaginary point at which a winter storm will bring maximum impacts to southern New England and the northern Mid-Atlantic.
Translation? An absolutely textbook winter storm.
One final nudge upwards as the evening guidance comes in. A blizzard blitz is in store for southern New England and Long Island, with a tightrope gradient for NYC and Philadelphia. Still, blizzard conditions likely in the Big Apple with likely double-digit totals near/east.
21.02.2026 21:48 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0Some thundersnow forms from regular instability, or thunderstorm fuel, which allows pockets of less-dense air to rise vertically. But there is also some “conditional symmetric instability,” which supports tubes of air rising diagonally through the atmosphere and sparking charge separation.
21.02.2026 21:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Just like with a summertime thunderstorm, lightning is still dangerous. Do not shovel snow or venture outdoors if thundersnow is ongoing.
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