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Madarao Now: Thursday 3rd January 2019

  • Jan 3, 2019
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 17cm
Snowfall at base this season 280cm

Weather overview Snow

Wind Light

Temperature -

Visibility Poor


Posted on Thursday 3rd January 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.


Morning from Madarao.


The resort is reporting 15cm on their official website for 24 hours; and 10cm in a short period from early morning. Since my report yesterday morning I am measuring 17cm and it is coming down really nicely at the moment. Real good quality stuff too. :)


Right now visibility is very poor out there - can hardly see a thing - and if this snow continues for long it's going to quickly build up again.


Still looking at a good chance of sunshine tomorrow so it should be an excellent day. People returning to work after New Year might not be so chuffed if they wanted to enjoy sunny skies.


If you want to get some fun in today be sure to wrap up well and get those goggles on.


Madarao Now 2018-2019 season

Data as of Thursday 3rd January 2019 Total snowfall at base 280cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 20 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 35cm (on 28th December) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2018 snowfall 249cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 28cm reported on a 3 days



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