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Hakuba Now: Thursday 9th January 2014

  • Jan 9, 2014
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Hakuba region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 15cm
Snowfall at base this season 214cm

Posted on Thursday 9th January 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Hakuba Now report can be found here.


We did eventually get rained on yesterday, but up on the mountains it was snowing by mid afternoon and we have some fresh cm this morning.


Goryu reporting 10-25cm, Hakuba 47 reporting 20-30cm, Cortina reporting 15-30cm, Tsugaike adding 20cm to it's tally. That probably gives a good idea of what to expect.


The snow is somewhat wet and heavy here at village level but hopefully lighter as you get higher. And snow should be falling throughout the day today even if it looks like from tomorrow it might become more sporadic rather than consistently falling from the skies. Having said that, down here at village there are even signs of a bit of blue sky and the sun at times. But as I said, forecast is for cloud/snow.


It's still not that cold this morning and currently around 0 degrees at base. We will probably see temperatures drop from this afternoon and tomorrow be much colder.


Hakuba Goryu:

Reporting 10cm of new snowfall at Iimori, 10cm at Toomi and 25cm on upper areas.

Upper - 275cm

Toomi - 160cm

Iimori - 125cm


Hakuba 47:

Reporting 20cm of new snowfall at base and 30cm higher up.

Upper - 250cm

Lower - 120cm


Happo-one:

Usagidaira - 245cm

Nakiyama - 80cm

Sakka - 110cm


Hakuba Iwatake:

Upper - 215cm

Lower - 75cm


Tsugaike Kogen:

Tsuganomori - 290cm

Maruyama - 120cm

Kanenonaruoka - 140cm


Hakuba Cortina:

Reporting 15cm of new snowfall on lower slopes and 30cm on upper slopes.

Upper - 250cm

Lower - 130cm


Hakuba Minekata:

80cm



Hakuba Now 2013-2014 season

Data as of Thursday 9th January 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 214cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 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 57cm reported on 3 days




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