Myoko Now: Monday 14th December 2020
- Dec 14, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 27cm
Snowfall at base this season 40cm
Posted on Monday 14th December 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Winter, I think we can say, officially arrived this morning.
And your reporter would have gotten this good news out earlier, but this was the first day of snow clearing to be done, and there is a lot of lingering summertime deskwork to do (so stayed up late, woke far later than our "real" season target of 05:30). But the lifts aren't moving yet, although with today's fall, and more very likely over the next few days, I think we'll see some sliding very shortly.
Almost 30cm here at base! Good, sticky, heavy early-season snow, just the right stuff to get a base set up on the hill. Mild temperatures, very little wind now, and the snow keeps falling. The barometer really crashed overnight, but it's rising again. Still looks like tomorrow could be another good one, with that Siberian wind coming straight at us (please see the local weather reports here on Snow Japan, with the beautiful displays of the wind. I could watch that all day).
Back with any updates; otherwise, it's countdown to ecstasy (look up Steely Dan, young readers).
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Data as of Monday 14th December 2020 Total snowfall at base so far 40cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 3 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 27cm (14th December) November 2020 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day December 2020 snowfall 39cm reported on 2 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Myoko. 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.