Furano Now: Friday 5th February 2016
- Feb 5, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Furano region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 583cm
Posted on Friday 5th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Furano Now report can be found here.
Windy but plenty on nice snow sums up the report today.
The winds have arrived as forecast and have increased from light to moderate this morning in the village. I expect the situation to be gusty up on the mountain, particularly in the exposed areas. Tomorrow the winds will reduce a little before increasing again on Sunday to strong levels, and then reducing by Monday morning.
We have been blessed by snow again overnight and I have recorded another 6cm in the village, so there will be some pretty decent depths on the ski area itself. It is currently snowing moderately and we expect the snow fall to continue through the day.
Temperatures are pretty mild with -4c recorded at base level this morning, but it has already warmed up a couple of degrees since then. So not a particularly cold day, but the wind will definitely have an effect and a face mask would be a handy item to have in your pocket.
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 Friday 5th February 2016 Total snowfall at base 583cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 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 33cm reported on 5 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.