Furano Now: Wednesday 3rd February 2016
- Feb 3, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 570cm
Posted on Wednesday 3rd February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Well the morning has started on a very positive note. There is a good 12cm on fresh snow in the village since the last report went up which is going to mean some pretty serious powder areas on the mountain. First up gets the pick, but there will be plenty to go around. If powder is not your thing then the groomers are going to be in superb conditions with beautiful soft powder underfoot.
There is very little in the way of breeze right now, and looking up reveals that it is high broken cloud with large patches of sunny skies showing. Tomorrow morning should be similar and then we will lose the sun from Friday. Light snow is expected to fall for the next 6 days with Sunday looking to be very windy.
There are ski competitions on Kitanomine at the moment and the following courses are closed:
Giant until 6/Feb
Azelia 3-6/Feb
Junior 3-6/Feb
Furano Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Wednesday 3rd February 2016 Total snowfall at base 570cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (5th December) November 2015 snowfall 77cm reported on 6 days December 2015 snowfall 286cm reported on 20 days January 2016 snowfall 187cm reported on 22 days February 2016 snowfall 20cm reported on 3 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.