Furano Now: Monday 11th December 2017
- Dec 11, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 23cm
Snowfall at base this season 250cm
Posted on Monday 11th December 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
The key word this morning is wind. There were very strong winds overnight and they are still blowing strongly around the village. The winds have been accompanied by quit a lot of snow and this has led to snow drifts around the village up to a meter high. Winds have the effect of dumping a lot of snow in certain places and blowing the snow clean away from others. I am calling the new snow number as 23cm this morning. In general if you have a car outside you will be doing a lot of shoveling this morning around the car.
The snow is much heavier than we have had recently due to the wind effect and warm temperatures. The temperature is -1c and heading to +4c. The move into warm temperatures will bring rain during the day and the strong winds will likely be with us through until Wednesday.
Furano Zone open.
Kitanomine Zone closed.
Furano Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Monday 11th December 2017 Total snowfall at base 250cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 23 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (5th December) November 2017 snowfall 125cm reported on 13 days December 2017 snowfall 125cm reported on 10 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Furano. The 'new snowfall' number represents the amount of snow measured since the previous report. All opinions are those of the individual reporters. Information regarding ski area operations is manually checked every morning and is believed to be correct at the time of the report.