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Madarao Now: Friday 28th December 2018

  • Dec 28, 2018
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 35cm
Snowfall at base this season 179cm

Weather overview Snow

Wind NW

Temperature -

Visibility Poor


Posted on Friday 28th December 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


Good morning.


Oh yes. Oh yes. It surely is.


Not great if you like sunshine and blue skies. But if you love quality fresh snow, there's a lot of it around this morning.


The resort has 40cm on their website and I have just been outside to measure 35cm. And it continues to snow with the forecast telling us to expect the clouds to remain over us for at least a few more days. This is really going to kick start things into full gear pretty quickly, I would imagine.


So, if you are on the way here - lots to look forward to but take care on the roads and come prepared for some cold and snowy conditions.


At the time of writing I can't see any changes to planned operations for the day, but as the snow continues to build up and the resort manages it all, we can expect more to open.


Madarao Now 2018-2019 season

Data as of Friday 28th December 2018 Total snowfall at base 179cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (on 28th December) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 176cm reported on 13 days



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