Furano Now: Sunday 3rd March 2013
- Mar 3, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Aug 20, 2025
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 568cm
Weather overview Cloudy some snow
Wind
Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility Good
Posted at 10:46am on Sunday 3rd March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
The snow didn't give up after all. The snow storm that started Friday afternoon gathered its strength for another push early Saturday afternoon, bringing with it more of the high winds/heavy snows combination that we've seen so much of the last three days. Anywhere from 20-30cm fell between early afternoon to midnight, accompanied by more gusty wind conditions that have created huge snowdrifts on the leeward sides of everything.
Things have quieted down now and the lifts are running on the normal schedule, but the official word from the resort is that due to all that snow that fell yesterday, they will be doing snow removal/grooming throughout the day. That means that some lifts will be forced to temporarily suspend operations in order to get the job done. Also, if the wind picks back up again (currently gusting at 3-5m/s, a nice break from yesterday's peak of 9m/s), they may have to stop lift operations until the winds die back down.
However for now, things are running smoothly, the sun is trying to peak out, and the weather isn't so cold in the mid minus single digits, about -5C. Winds are rather brisk out of the North, but nothing to debilitating at the moment. Expect snow showers on and off throughout the day, but the major snow event for this weekend is, for the large part, behind us.
Furano Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 3rd March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 568cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 72 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 25cm (5th February) 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 55cm 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.