2026 severe weather

[begreen]

We dodged the bullet here. The low hustled north into Canada quickly and the winds didn't get much above 20 mph. We got some much needed rain with little drama.

 

[Dieselhead]

We had a beautiful “calm before the storm” sunset tonight, one of the nicest skies in recent memory.

 

[stoveliker]

We had that yesterday - was driving out west to a baseball game of my son and it looked similar. Very nice.
Then at night it started to get windy, and I kept getting sand from the baseball infield blown in my eyes...
(Luckily the evening was short b/c "we" (ahem, I was just sitting on a chair) mercied the other team when it was 10-0 )

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

We had a nice red sky last night as well. And so far not much wind or rain, but they've moved the timeline back a bit. Will have to check in with the folks on the cape and see how they're making out.

 

[stoveliker]

So far here it's okay. Lots of wood on the ground. Still power.
Rain and wind of course. Maybe because it took a track closer to the west half of long island.
It seems it's going to be lasting longer as the storm is stalling off the coast.

We did take a walk in a dry spell to the beach at the Sound.
Much erosion happening.
That retaining wall is 10 ft tall and it's low tide now. Normally there would be 60 ft of beach now.
Waves crashing in felt like earth quakes, really thunderous,nthe ground shaking. Lots of beams floating by from walls collapsed. A kayak and a small boat floating by too.

You can see the color of the water due to the erosion of the beach, and in places cliffs. On top of those cliffs are homes...

 

[stoveliker]

Video.

 

[Whitenuckler]

So far here it's okay. Lots of wood on the ground. Still power.
Rain and wind of course. Maybe because it took a track closer to the west half of long island.
It seems it's going to be lasting longer as the storm is stalling off the coast.

We did take a walk in a dry spell to the beach at the Sound.
Much erosion happening.
That retaining wall is 10 ft tall and it's low tide now. Normally there would be 60 ft of beach now.
Waves crashing in felt like earth quakes, really thunderous,nthe ground shaking. Lots of beams floating by from walls collapsed. A kayak and a small boat floating by too.

You can see the color of the water due to the erosion of the beach, and in places cliffs. On top of those cliffs are homes...

I saw a news report yesterday and they had good video of the noreaster. They said with the harvest moon the tides would be high anyway. They showed some highways in North Carolina on the outer islands washed out and closed. Other sea walls taking a beating. I guess there will be a lot of wet basements and erosion. Here in PEI some shores have really bad erosion with red mud shorelines.

 

[stoveliker]

Yeah. No wet basements on my side of the island. Had to climb 110 steps up the cliff (and half a mile inland after that) to get back home.

 

[Whitenuckler]

MSN

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

So far only mostly light misty drizzle. Some gusts of wind but nothing serious. We have outage near the place on the cape, but there again nothing serious.

 

[stoveliker]

Winds seem to be increasing again.
Or maybe because the sounds in the home die down we hear it more.
It's howling.

 

[begreen]

Winds seem to be increasing again.
Or maybe because the sounds in the home die down we hear it more.
It's howling.

Occluded front with the low sitting right below Long Island.

 

[Burnin Since 1991]

This morning has been the worst of the weather for my location. Raining pretty constant and very gusty winds. It is predicted that we shall receive approximately 2 inches of rain today.

I have a peach tree in my backyard that is decently loaded with peaches and they're quite a few on the ground now. I've already picked up 15-20 of them yesterday and I will have probably double that today. Easy enough to process them up and freeze them.

 

[stoveliker]

Lots of wrist sizes branches on the ground here. Power still on..
Some damage to my deck and outside lights Maybe the pool too, don't know yet.


But so far so good.

 

[begreen]

I know it's not a hurricane, but the satellite image sure looks like one.

 

[Ashful]

Saturday was extremely windy, but only an inch of rain. Yesterday was several inches of rain, still need to get out and check rain gauge after sun comes up, but thankfully less wind.

I spent a good chunk of it outside, either fixing a buried dog fence that had been damaged during trenching for a generator install, or running back and forth between house and shop fetching tools for a plumbing project.

 

[Ahoragi]

Caught this last night while doing chicken things

 

[bigealta]

I know it's not a hurricane, but the satellite image sure looks like one.

View attachment 349208

Well yes this Nor Easter sure does have an Eye and structure even though AI claims they lack a "distinct" eye

AI-
Core Temperature and Energy Source

• • Nor'easter: A cold-core, extratropical system. It gets energy from sharp temperature contrasts between cold air to the north and warm air/water to the south.
  • Hurricane: A warm-core, tropical system. It is fueled strictly by the heat and moisture of warm tropical ocean waters. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Structure and Appearance

• • Nor'easter: Asymmetrical and large. It lacks a distinct "eye" and has a frontal structure.
  • Hurricane: Highly symmetrical and compact. It features a clear, calm center (the eye) surrounded by a violent eyewall

 

[bigealta]

AI

You are completely right to notice that. The September 2026 Nor'easter churning off the coast looks incredibly bizarre on satellite because it has indeed developed a distinct, hurricane-like eye. [1, 2]
Meteorologists like those at Fox Weather and local East Coast stations have been tracking this exact feature. While it looks just like a hurricane from space, it is still classified as a nor'easter for a few specific reasons: [1, 2]

• An "Eye-Like" Feature: In exceptionally powerful, rapidly intensifying non-tropical storms (a process called bombogenesis), a clear center of circulation can form. This is an "occluded thermal core" rather than a true tropical eye, though it looks virtually identical on satellite. [1, 2, 3]
• Subtropical Characteristics: Because this early-season storm is spinning over relatively warm Atlantic waters, meteorologists note it is gaining some subtropical characteristics, acting like a hybrid system. [1]
• The Atmosphere Matters: Even with its central pressure plunging to 959 millibars (akin to a Category 3 hurricane), the system is still driven primarily by cold upper-level winds and atmospheric jet streams colliding with coastal moisture, keeping its core fundamentally cold. [1, 2, 3]

It is a striking example of how nature can blur the lines between weather categories.

 

[Montanalocal]

Near Helena Montana.
Started snowing yesterday and last night. Still coming down, supposed to snow all night.

 

[begreen]

Wow, that looks like almost a foot of snow. Is that usual for this time of year?

 

[Montanalocal]

Yea, it’s over a foot now. I would not call this usual, but snow this time of year is not all that unusual either. It is just a bit more than the snow showers we get in Oct.

It is said in Montana that in some place at some year there is snow every month of the year. We have areas Like Glacier Park with 20,000 ft+ elevations and glaciers, which imply continuous snow on the ground. But of course no one lives in these areas.

I live at 5,000 ft. elevation and close to the continental divide. I have lived in MT all my life (80 yrs) and I have experienced Oct snow storms before. This normally would have been a big rain storm from tropical moisture coming up from southern hurricanes, but it collided with a big jet of polar air coming down. The real question we farmers wonder about is whether this is just a one-time event, and we will go back to normal fall weather, or whether it will be winter from now on. I remember one winter with an October snow storm and it was winter from then on. That would definitely not be normal.

Thank goodness for my wonderful BK ( and you guys). I would not have upgraded to the BK 40 without the great feedback from this site.

 

[begreen]

When we moved out west we ran into a massive blizzard. It was Oct 12th They closed the freeway down and everyone was diverted off to a nearby church that was offering shelter. The snowfall was a foot deep that evening too. We were 30 miles outside of Denver The next day, the roads were cleared and we sailed into town. By afternoon, it was 70º 😄.