Hakuba Now: Friday 18th January 2013
- Jan 18, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 310cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind
Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility Varied
Posted on Friday 18th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Yesterday we ended up actually seeing the sun for short periods in the afternoon as the general cloudiness eased off somewhat.
Clouds obviously moved back over Hakuba overnight though because....
You want more snow? We got it!
Yes, more snowfall in Hakuba to report this morning. There's around 5-10cm of new snow nestled around village areas. The Hakuba Goryu resort is reporting 10cm on the lower slopes and 25cm of fresh snowfall on upper slopes this morning. Over to the north at Hakuba Cortina, they have up to 30cm of fresh snow this morning.
It's snowing in the village as I write this and very grey and cloudy again. Pretty cold at around -6C, and around -13C above 1400m. Windy too and those winds are blowing the snow around somewhat this morning making visibility pretty poor even down in the village. As far as I can tell though the wind is not affecting lift operations at the resorts at the moment, we seem to be open as normal though there may be a few lifts running at reduced speed.
A quick look at the webcams from around the resorts shows generally poor visibility on the mountain as expected.
Let's take a look at the forecasts. We can expect the current snowfall to ease off by tomorrow. Mixed messages on different forecasts for tomorrow but the general consensus seems to be less likelihood of snow and generally cloud. Some tell us to expect sun over the weekend. We'll see. Temperatures should keep cold though.
I think it's safe to say that it should be great conditions over the weekend. Hope you can come and enjoy it.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Friday 18th January 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
10cm on lower slopes and 25cm of new snow on upper slopes reported by Hakuba Goryu this morning.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 290cm;
Toomi - 140cm;
Iimori - 100cm
Hakuba 47:
15cm of new snow reported by Hakuba 47 this morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 225cm
Lower - 165cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 200cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 110cm
Sakka - 110cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 280cm
Lower slopes - 125cm
Hakuba Cortina:
20-30cm new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 295cm
Lower slopes - 180cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 160cm
Lower slopes - 70cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
110cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 18th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 310cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 32 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 78cm reported on 9 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.