Furano Now: Sunday 3rd February 2013
- Feb 3, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 371cm
Weather overview Heavy snow
Wind
Strong
Temperature -
Visibility Poor
Posted at 10:50am on Sunday 3rd February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Winter is back with a vengeance. It's currently -8 with white out conditions that started overnight and have continued all day, completely eradicating all traces of yesterdays warm spell. Strong winds at times have grounded the Kitanomine Gondola off and on throughout the day, but the other lifts have stayed in operation. The big story is the blizzard we are experiencing right now. We've got 10cm+ of new snow pushing us up to the 160cm mark, and that's only the powder that's managed to stay in one place. It's really coming down out there, but the wind is so strong it's piling up the powder on the leeward sides of runs, making some real treasure troves that will still be there for tomorrow's early birds.
Despite the conditions, there were still plenty of skiers out there this morning. For those of you headed out this evening, be sure to keep your face covered until these winds die down. The forecast calls for the snow to taper off this evening, but for now it's still a little rough out there. Tomorrow should be a quiet start, with cloudy skies and snow in the forecast for the evening ours.
Furano Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 3rd February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 371cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 52 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (6th January) 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 10cm reported on 1 day |
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.