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Mr. Maroney analyzes the latest computer models and weather statistics.
Monday, 2/16/26 @ 7:55 A.M.
One of the major models, GFS, is showing a blizzard for Sunday and Monday, the beginning of the work week. I told the students in my class to watch for it before we left for break.
Far off, and none of the other models have it, so there’s only a 30% chance it comes to pass, but the storm has been appearing on previous runs.
I’ll keep you updated if it gets more interesting.
Monday, 1/26/26 @ 6:17 A.M.
Hi, Monday morning, and I’m up at 5 am looking at the next systems we may get next Monday and Friday, the first week of February. Hit the last storm right on target with the north shore getting a bit more snow than the south shore, around a foot on the north and about 9.5 on the south. Stays cold for the rest of the week, then things get interesting again with several possible big snowstorms.
The next two systems that I am watching are bigger than the one that just dropped a foot on us and are more typical of a nor’easter. The low-pressure readings are forecast to be in the 960s-970s mb, which is at the level of a Category 1 hurricane. The last storm was at 1000 mb.
Several models are already starting to agree, which is surprising this far out. Stay tuned for further updates later this week.
Friday, 1/23/26
Saturday is frigid with lows in the single digits and highs only around 15. As for the snowstorm, we are on the razor’s edge between all snow, sleet, and even some rain. It looks like the south shore will get less than the north shore: 6-9 vs 8-12 inches.
Most of the Island will see a period of sleet/freezing rain, with maybe some plain rain, but this doesn’t last long. Storm is over by midnight, and then the rest of the week is COLD, so what falls will stay with us for a while.
Stay tuned, as there is a possibility of another winter storm even stronger than this one next weekend!
Tuesday, 1/20/26
There has been so much activity over the last month that it is hard to believe we haven’t gotten a heavy snow yet.
The storm from this coming Sunday through Tuesday looks more promising, but the models have had a very hard time getting a handle on any of them so far this winter.
It will be extremely cold, and we do get snow; it’s just a matter of how much and whether the low will deepen rapidly once it goes offshore, as the models are indicating.
Could have Monday off and Zoom on Tuesday.
