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Hakuba Now: Wednesday 16th January 2019

  • Jan 16, 2019
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 174cm

Posted on Wednesday 16th January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


Hello and a good morning to you from Hakuba.


I was up at 47 yesterday afternoon for a few hours. Weather was cloudy, it felt fairly mild at base but a colder wind blowing up there. Some fresh snow is what we want now and this morning there is some.


The headlines...


Hakuba Goryu - 5cm

Hakuba 47 - 10-15cm on upper slopes

Hakuba Cortina - 10cm base, bit more on upper areas

Hakuba Happo-one - 7cm at top of Riesen lift


And I am measuring 5cm.


It is still snowing and hopefully we will get more today - and some fairly regular snowfall through Sunday as well with perhaps a break in the clouds on Saturday. We could do with some of the heavy snow that some forecasts are saying will be with us tomorrow night. That would be most welcome.


There is a bit of a northerly wind this morning and visibility is poor on the mountain in all areas by the looks of the webcams.



Hakuba Now 2018-2019 season

Data as of Wednesday 16th January 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 174cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 22cm (9th January) November 2018 snowfall 0cm December 2018 snowfall 112cm reported on 12 days January 2019 snowfall 62cm reported on 9 days



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