The Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma issued Mesoscale Discussion 0115 at 6:26 PM CST on February 22, 2026, addressing winter storm hazards in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey, as posted by the NWS SPC account on X at https://x.com/NWSSPC/status/2025728831059792132 during the one-hour reporting window from 11:46:01 PM to 12:46:19 AM UTC on February 23. The discussion, accessible at https://www.spc.noaa.gov/products/md/md0115.html, targets ongoing blizzard conditions in the Northeast, building on SPC's earlier Mesoscale Discussion 0114 issued at 4:00 PM CST that covered New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia. This update follows reports of bombogenesis underway with lightning east of the low center at 11:15 PM UTC on February 22, as noted by Meteorologist Pete NBC Boston, intensifying the storm impacting the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.
