Blizzard of 2026 (January edition) thread - Preparing for Snowmageddon

2. Consider driving slightly slower than 95 mph during an ice storm. I remember seeing videos of Texas traffic during that last big freeze, and I swear I've never seen so many high-speed impacts. Felt it in my balls.
Bad snowstorms are my favorite weather event because we always get fresh footage of people demonstrating the awesomeness of all their 4x4 vehicles combined with their utter incompetence operating them (and failure to recognize four-wheel drive does fuck-all for stopping).
 
7 PM update from NOAA and Warning alerts. They actually sent hurricane hunters into the various storm fronts today to gather atmospheric data.

Here is the verdict and finalized winter storm warnings.

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Didn't know this thread existed. I'm not supposed to get much snow (I'm up in Canada) but it's minus fucking 50 degrees
I am close to Canada myself, right under North Ontario. It has been -50 with wind chill, the car barely started, had to take a heat gun to the door today to get outside, all the windows are frozen shut solid, somehow, all the animals have been alright.

It is funny to me seeing half the country lose their shit over 2 feet of snow when we got around 4 on our property about 2 weeks back. I know they don't have the infrastructure for it and they don't have 4wheel drive cars and etc. etc. but it's still funny.
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We're expecting wind chills to 10 below tonight and tomorrow followed by 9-16 inches of snow by Monday afternoon. Most of the snowfall will be on Sunday. Might be able to work from home Monday.
 
@mindlessobserver, I heard there could be a two week power outage with these conditions? Is this true? I’ve also been hearing stories of people being admitted to hospitals for severe frostbite. I hope there isn’t any huge death toll from this
There could be, but only in more isolated areas. The Northeast should be fine power wise. They are just going to be up to their necks in snow. Nothing they cant handle or have not seen before. The States that are going to get rocked are Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia because they will get the one two punch of snow and ice which will bring down trees and power lines.

2 weeks without power could be possible for some areas, because the lines will come down, the utility cannot get to them and out of state support wont be coming because everyone else is buried to their necks in snow. Which wont melt because the whole area is going to hit record setting low temps next week.
 
Well luckily I have 200 cans of sardines and mackerel in the basement for a scenario just like this. I may have terrible breath, but I won't be hungry.

Americans quaking over snow in January :story:

It's the ice that's got everyone rattled. No one is prepared for an inch of pure ice on everything, especially in Mississippi. It's going to take down tens of thousands of trees on every bit pf infrastructure.
 
My area is dropping from snow level "Donner Party" to "Fun Sledding". Disappointing.

But the potential for ice scares me and they don't seem to know how much ice/sleet could come at the end of the storm. I never go out in ice of course, but I don't want the power lines to be impacted to the point my home might get cold for days. We don't have the option to heat with wood or propane.

Once we needed to wear winter snow gear inside and that was only about 8 hrs without heat. The outside temps that time were higher than they'll be overnight Sunday or Monday. It's not like we'll die, but I've got a big family so it could be miserable.
it's minus fucking 50 degrees
I'm always amazed the drunk Indian homeless live through that weather. You might lose a couple at most. The rest sleep a few hours in bedbug filled homeless shelters, then wander around blackout drunk as usual.
 
Sattelite picture of North America shortly before sundown.

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Temperature in Amarillo is now 5 degrees freedom units.

NWS final update prior to storm formation.


Short Range Forecast Discussion NWS Weather Prediction Center College Park MD237 PM EST Fri Jan 23 2026Valid 00Z Sat Jan 24 2026 - 00Z

Mon Jan 26 2026...

Major winter storm to begin impacting the Central and Southern Plains today, before moving into the Mid-South, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast this weekend......

Catastrophic ice accumulations are expected from the Southern Plains to the Southeast/Mid-Atlantic......

Dangerously cold temperatures set to expand across much of the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. through early next week...

A significant winter storm is forecast to begin in the Southern Rockies and Central/Southern Plains today, progressing eastward through the Mid-South and into the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast through Monday. This is expected to produce large swaths of heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain, bringing hazardous driving conditions, power outages, and tree damage. The heaviest snowfall is expected across a large area, including parts of the Southern Rockies, Plains, and through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Snowfall totals are expected to exceed one foot in parts ofthese areas, and widespread travel disruptions are likely. South of the snow axis, widespread freezing rain and sleet are expected, affecting the Southern Plains, Lower Mississippi Valley, Tennessee Valley, and much ofthe Mid-Atlantic.

Catastrophic impacts are expected where freezing rain totals exceed half an inch, with over an inch expected in parts of Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and the Southern Appalachians. After the passing of the winter storm, a strong arctic air mass originated from Canada will continue to bring frigid temperatures into the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. into early next week. Sub-zero low temperatures will spread from through these regions, and will be accompanied by gustywinds, bringing dangerously low wind chills.

The coldest wind chills may fall below -50F across the Northern Plains, and numerous other record lows are expected. These wind chills will pose a life-threatening risk of hypothermia and frostbite to exposed skin, and risks could be prolonged and exacerbated by power outages caused by the aforementioned winterstorm. Cold temperatures are then expected to continue across much of the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. into early February according to a Key Message from the Climate Prediction Center.
 
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