Madarao Now: Saturday 7th December 2019
- Dec 7, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Madarao region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 12cm
Snowfall at base this season 27cm
Weather overview Cloud, fine
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Posted on Saturday 7th December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Madarao Now report can be found here.
Hello and good morning from Madarao.
So, it's Saturday and we are now officially less than one week away from the planned opening date of Madarao; and a week further away from the planned opening date of the connecting Tangram.
Since my last report a few days ago we have had some more snowfall in the region yesterday, recorded in this report. The last update from the resort itself yesterday morning was reporting 5cm of snow depth on the mountain and the third image below is from yesterday. I'd say there's surely a bit more than that - there was on the top of my car - but it's not what anyone could call deep yet. (I would hope not anyway!)
No further fresh overnight last night.
I'd love to be able to report some heavy snow forecast before next weekend, but currently it is looking somewhat unlikely. Perhaps we might get a bit tonight but from Monday we are forecast a spell of clearer skies with lots of sunshine, and temperatures getting on the milder side once again. Is that snow I see on the forecast for late week...?
Other ski resorts in the region that were planning on opening on the 23rd November have been delayed - nearby Nozawa Onsen isn't open yet, but there is some ski lifts moving at Shiga Kogen and also at Ryuoo Ski Park. A few ski resorts are also open in Hakuba.
It's not the most exciting start to the season, but it is still very (very) early of course and things can and often do change very quickly with a decent dumpage of fresh snow. No need to worry.
I will post another report in the coming week with a further update.
Madarao Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Saturday 7th December 2019 Total snowfall at base 27cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 5 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 12cm (on 7th December) November 2019 snowfall 15cm reported on 4 days December 2019 snowfall 12cm reported on 1 day |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Madarao. 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.