Hakuba Now: Saturday 4th January 2014
- Jan 4, 2014
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 199cm
Posted on Saturday 4th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Hakuba.
So yes a lovely morning yesterday though thin high cloud started to form late morning and as darkness arrived it was cloudy conditions over Hakuba.
The clouds didn't bring us much overnight though with just a dusting of snow and none of the resorts reporting more than 1cm.
Foggy conditions early this morning - some top lifts at Happo-one were delayed due to foggy conditions, but just now as of 9am they seem to have started moving - and it is snowing. Fairly wet snow down in the village, hopefully better on higher elevations. It has been a relatively mild morning though and at the moment around -1C and should be getting colder as the day moves on.
Just taking a look at the webcams from around town, it would seem that visibility is poor pretty much everywhere at the moment apart from the lowest base runs. Higher up, it looks as thick as a particularly thick blend of pea soup. (But not green; which is a relief).
Cloud - maybe sun - forecast for tomorrow and perhaps a few days of such conditions beforer the next snowfall due around Wednesday.
Tomorrow is the last day of the New Year for most people here in Japan. Hakuba has been very busy over the last week, as you would expect. From Monday, we'll be starting to get back to normal.
Hakuba Goryu:
Reporting 1cm of new snowfall on Iimori, 0cm at Toomi, 2cm on upper slopes.
Upper - 280cm
Toomi - 160cm
Iimori - 120cm
Hakuba 47:
Reporting 2cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 240cm
Lower - 120cm
Happo-one:
Reporting 0cm of new snowfall.
Usagidaira - 230cm
Nakiyama - 80cm
Sakka - 130cm
Hakuba Iwatake:
Upper - 205cm
Lower - 70cm
Tsugaike Kogen:
Tsuganomori - 280cm
Maruyama - 120cm
Kanenonaruoka - 130cm
Hakuba Cortina:
Reporting 0cm of new snowfall.
Upper - 260cm
Lower - 145cm
Hakuba Minekata:
100cm
Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 4th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 199cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (2nd January) November 2013 snowfall 35cm reported on 3 days December 2013 snowfall 122cm reported on 15 days January 2014 snowfall 42cm reported on 2 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.