Furano Now: Sunday 24th March 2013
- Mar 24, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 715cm
Weather overview Cloud
Wind
Light
Temperature -
Visibility Good
Posted at 8:32am on Sunday 24th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
The snow continued off and on throughout the day and then started dumping bucket loads of sweet, white powder all over everything for hours on end last night. We're seening anywhere from 10-15cm, with possibly more in places, of high-quality, late season powder. For all you powder hounds out there looking to glide down a soft blanket of white, today is your day.
Especially if you want to do it on the Kitanomine Zone side of things, because today will be the last day of ski lift operations in Kitanomine. It seems a shame to put a stop to things when all the courses in such prime condition, but a quick look at the forecast for the week ahead reveals a sharp warming trend waiting in the wings as we head into April.
It's currently -7 with light winds out of the east, southeast, bringing with them scattered snow showers. It looks like we won't be seeing any of the big accumulations we saw yesterday, but all the snow that fell overnight is out there waiting to be carved up by somebody!
Furano Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as Sunday 24th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 715cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 86 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (11th March) November 2012 snowfall 69cm reported on 10 days December 2012 snowfall 162cm reported on 21 days January 2013 snowfall 130cm reported on 20 days February 2013 snowfall 152cm reported on 18 days March 2013 snowfall 202cm reported on 17 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.