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Madarao Now: Monday 20th February 2017

  • Feb 20, 2017
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 782cm

Weather overview Light wet snow, rain likely

Wind Moderate

Temperature -

Visibility Decent


Posted on Monday 20th February 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


Morning from Madarao.


It's a little warmer this morning but light - wet - snow is falling on the mountain and the resort reporting up to 5cm of snow on the slopes - better than lower down in the city where it is raining.


Unfortunately it will probably be getting a bit warmer during the day, and be wet here too. Hopefully we'll minimise that. And the good news is that it should be getting colder tonight and proper snow due.


There were some rather strong winds blowing about earlier on, but things seem to be calming down now a bit now so I expect the resort to be open as planned. Still might be quite windy out on the mountain though.


Here's to the snow tonight!


It should be a good Sunday morning, and I hope to see a few of you out there.


Madarao Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Monday 20th February 2017 Total snowfall at base 782cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 48 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 53cm (on 14th and 15th January) November 2016 snowfall 9cm reported on 4 days December 2016 snowfall 211cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 408cm reported on 23 days February 2017 snowfall 154cm reported on 17 days



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