Hakuba Now: Monday 14th January 2013
- Jan 14, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 270cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind
Light
Temperature -
Visibility Generally poor
Posted on Monday 14th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Some snowfall to report overnight this morning with about 10cm or so on the ground in the village area here and resorts around Hakuba and Otari reporting between 5cm and 15cm of snow on the mountain. The snow continues as I write this.
Visibility very poor this morning with the village covered in fog / cloud and actually seems to be better in places higher up. Currently it is -1C in Hakuba.
Snow quality is quite heavy (as in 'moist') this morning and should change to lighter drier snow later on this afternoon and tonight as temperatures gradually drop throughout the day.
Hardly any wind this morning but again the wind will probably pick up later in the day as well.
Hopefully we'll get a good amount of snow today. Snowfall will likely ease off tomorrow followed by clearer conditions on Wednesday... quickly to be followed by more snow.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Monday 14th January 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
5cm of new snow on lower slopes and 10cm reported by Hakuba Goryu this morning.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 255cm;
Toomi - 115cm;
Iimori - 85cm
Hakuba 47:
10cm of new snow reported by Hakuba 47 this morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 194cm
Lower - 110cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 180cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 80cm
Sakka - 80cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 230cm
Lower slopes - 80cm
Hakuba Cortina:
10-15cm new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina this morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 245cm
Lower slopes - 130cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 120cm
Lower slopes - 50cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
90cm
Hakuba Minekata:
70cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 14th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 270cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 38cm reported on 6 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Hakuba. 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.