Fitzwis

Looking at the radar and models this morning has made me realise how diverse our weather can be in the south west. Only three days ago, we here in the C.I. we're experiencing our worst blizzard for 30 years. Today, we have a strengthening south west to west flow with the prospect of heavy rainfall overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning followed by some potent convective potential. At this present moment in time, FI for me is at +96h and I wouldn't be too surprised to see upgrades in the short term for the up and coming cold spell progged for next week. The form horse for me all winter has been ECMWF, with UKMO and GFS following in it's wake (in that order) when it comes to predicting colder outbreaks from the east and I am anticipating the current predicted pattern to shift a little further south and east with each run, although there will be one or two spanners thrown in the works for good measure just to keep us all on our toes. To be honest, if I don't see anymore snow this winter, I won't be overly disappointed for obvious reasons but I do hope you guys over on the mainland prosper next week. Oh, and if you do, maybe you could throw just a little more over this way for recent times sake

ok, ok, my bad although I did use a ruler to measure the depth outside our front door at half 7 yesterday evening and it was 3 inches deep (after the first 12 hour onslaught) so double that for the next 12 hours and add another 1.5 inches for the next 6 to 7 hours and my grand total was approximately 7.5 inches. The drifts in my back garden were at least 2 to 3 foot deep. Oh, and here's the link to more pics I took today around our area - don't get too jealous now

We had island wide drifts of between 3 and 5 foot but are still awaiting official confirmation of how much snow actually fell. My guesstimate would be between 6 and 10 inches.

The snow has finally stopped falling here in Jersey. Approximately 31 hours worth of continuous heavy snow has brought the island to a stand still. Flying to and from Jersey Airport is suspended until 14:00 tomorrow and schools will remain closed as many roads are treacherous. Snow showers are forecast here tonight with the temperature expected to remain around freezing. Pictures to follow shortly