HighlyTrainedNovaTeacher 2 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 OK so we are complaining about hot and heat and then they go and announce that the first snow has fallen on top of Mount Fuji.... or am I misunderstanding the below? 甲府地方気象台は１２日、富士山の初冠雪を観測したと発表した。 昨年より１２日、平年より１８日早い。 同日午前８時頃、山頂付近がうっすらと雪で白くなっているのを、甲府市内の同気象台から複数の職員が目視で確認した。 富士山頂付近では１１日夜に雨が降り、１２日午前４時に氷点下０・１度を観測するなど、冷え込んでいたという。 Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Anyone up for taking some skis up there? Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Noticed quite a bit up there this morning on my bike ride to work. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Ya. I noticed that this morning, too. Definitely a good sign. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I closed the window for the first time in months when I hit the sack last night. It was 19C in the room. It hit 15C outside this morning. 1000m is 6C or so, so yeah, it would have been freezing at the top of Fuji. With it sunny today, I doubt the snow'll last very long though. Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Fuji is covered in clouds so cant see, but if snow has fallen up there then it is i think at least a week earlier than last year which was already earlier than average, will check my records after. I am a little surprised as the freezing level was sitting around he 4500m mark last night but I guess that is lw enough to snow! Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Ok I just checked, last year the first snow on Mount Fuji was on the 24th Sep, which was 6 days earlier than average. As it snowed today, that is 18 days earlier than average. For the past 4 years the first snow on Mount Fuji has been getting earlier and earlier! Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 It says it in the original post 昨年より１２日、平年より１８日早い。 Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Yes it does! Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Nice to hear. Still hot here. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites
onsen tamago 0 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Always good to hear, though it really doesn't mean much in the big picture. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Well, I'm going to jolly well celebrate with a few beers! Link to post Share on other sites
needpowder 0 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 that sounds awsome... i cant wait ti feb next year for JAPOW trip Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I reckon you probably can.... Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Japan's pretty mad isn't it with snow falling up there, presumably gone now, and us still sweating it out down below. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Fuji is pretty damned high rach. Not that much below 4,000m. At that latitude in many parts of the world that high up would have permanent snowfields and possibly glaciers. At 3,776m depending on wind direction and humidity it would be possible to reach close to 30 degrees in Tokyo and still get some snow falling on the peak. Reminds me of when I went skiing in India some years back. Down on the plains in Delhi it was getting up over 40 degrees when we arrived. A few days later we were camping in a valley in the Himalayas (at around the same height of Fuji) on snow. We got some funny looks in Delhi walking around with skis on our packs in over 40 degrees though. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Has it melted away? Link to post Share on other sites
snowdude 44 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Don't know, it has been cloudy everyday around the mountains here since the snow on it, so haven't seen Fujisan at all. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Yep, it was gone the next day actually. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Feels like mid summer still here, 37 degrees in Tainai. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Presume that's in Niigata? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 It sure is to the north east of Niigata city. Fair bits away from here, but seems like Niigata is "enjoying" being the hottest area of Japan this last few days. Link to post Share on other sites
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