Hakuba Now: Tuesday 19th February 2013
- Feb 19, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 478cm
Weather overview Light snow
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Variable
Posted on Tuesday 19th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
It was snowing nicely yesterday morning and we got some more cm on the ground... by lunchtime Hakuba Cortina was reporting 5cm of additional snow and up to that around Hakuba I would say too.
The snow turned into rain late afternoon, in the village base areas anyway. Unfortunately that means that some of that lovely snow has turned into heavier and wetter stuff this morning. Doh!
Anyway up to 5cm or so in the village area since my report yesterday. Hakuba 47 are reporting 3cm up top and 1-2cm lower slopes this morning and similar news coming from Hakuba Goryu. Hakuba Cortina, always one to give us the biggest numbers, are reporting 10-20cm of new snow in addition to that 5cm at lunchtime yesterday.
This morning we have overcast skies with fairly poor visibility - only the lower parts of the mountain on show from village at the moment. There's just a slight breeze and light snow showers.
Overcast skies, slight breeze, and vision quite poor today. Light snow showers.
So, for now some suddenly wet and heavier conditions out on the slopes, I would imagine better conditions found as you go higher of course. Snow is forecast to be falling on and off through into the weekend and it should keep cold so hopefully over the next few days we will get some decent topups.
I'll update you tomorrow!
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Official snow depths and operations @ Tuesday 19th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 290cm;
Toomi - 150cm;
Iimori - 125cm
Hakuba 47:
1cm new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 255cm
Lower - 180cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 280cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 130cm
Sakka - 140cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 350cm
Lower slopes - 160cm
Hakuba Cortina:
15-25cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday morning.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 390cm
Lower slopes - 265cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 200cm
Lower slopes - 85cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
150cm
Hakuba Minekata:
140cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Tuesday 19th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 478cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 51 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (9th and 10th December, 25th January) November 2012 snowfall 47cm reported on 4 days December 2012 snowfall 185cm reported on 19 days January 2013 snowfall 149cm reported on 14 days February 2013 snowfall 97cm reported on 14 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.