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Furano Now: Thursday 3rd January 2013

  • Jan 3, 2013
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido


New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 253cm

Weather overview Snow

Wind

Light to moderate

Temperature -

Visibility Good



Posted at 1:05pm on Thursday 3rd January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.


Light snow started to fall yesterday evening and has continued through the night. Moderate winds started to whip up late evening and have continued. All this has left around 7cm of fresh snow at village level. On the mountain there will be areas and drifts significantly deeper than this. The snow is forecast to continue for the rest of the week and there should be around another 10cm falling during today. The winds persist this morning and are varying between light to moderate. At the moment all lifts are operating but the wind conditions may cause some lifts to suspend operation. For powder seekers this will be a good day indeed.



Furano Now 2012-2013 season

Data as of Thursday 3rd January 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 253cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 18cm (22nd November) November 2012 snowfall 69cm reported on 10 days December 2012 snowfall 162cm reported on 21 days January 2013 snowfall 22cm reported on 3 days




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