Hakuba Now: Wednesday 27th February 2013
- Feb 27, 2013
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 549cm
Weather overview Cloud, light snow showers
Wind Light
Temperature -
Visibility Varied
Posted on Wednesday 27th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
So yesterday we had that lovely bluebird start to the day. By early afternoon some fine wispy clouds had started to form and it gradually became more overcast and by late afternoon the sun was being blocked by cloud and we had a lot of cloud cover.
It snowed a bit overnight with a few cm at village level and resorts in Hakuba and Otari reporting up to 10cm of fresh snow on the slopes this morning.
This morning we start off cloudy and overcast, with some light snowing in some areas early on, and a current temperature of around 0 degrees. A high of around +5 is forecast today for Hakuba and so it's going to feel mild especially after the cold of the last week or so. Not much of a wind this morning at all. We are told to expect the skies to clear up as the day progresses today.
Milder conditions and clearer skies are forecast over the next few days and especially on Friday when rain is looking probably unfortunately. Temps forecast to drop soon after that warm though with snow likely overnight into Saturday. Hopefully any damage can be limited.
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Official snow depths and operations @ Wednesday 27th February 2013 AM:
Hakuba Goryu:
5-10cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba Goryu since yesterday.
Official snow depths:
Alps daira - 330cm;
Toomi - 170cm;
Iimori - 150cm
Hakuba 47:
10cm of new snowfall reported by Hakuba 47 since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper - 290cm
Lower - 180cm
Happo-one:
Official snow depth:
Usagidaira - 300cm
Nakiyama/Shirakaba - 160cm
Sakka - 160cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 380cm
Lower slopes - 180cm
Hakuba Cortina:
3-5cm of new snow reported by Hakuba Cortina since yesterday.
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 440cm
Lower slopes - 285cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Official snow depth:
Upper slopes - 230cm
Lower slopes - 95cm
Hakuba Sanosaka:
Official snow depth:
180cm
Hakuba Minekata:
170cm
Hakuba Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Wednesday 27th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 549cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 57 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 168cm reported on 20 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.