Myoko Now: Sunday 15th January 2017
- Jan 15, 2017
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 91cm
Snowfall at base this season 673cm
Posted on Sunday 15th January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Sorry to be a little delayed today but, well, uh....There's a whole lot of snow out there (it deserves stronger language, but this is a family-friendly site). And it keeps on coming down. And it's been cold, with iced-up cars and snow throwers (much banging on metal to get things free).
Yesterday I reported 60cm, right? Later, in the early afternoon, I poked in my study spot and found 44cm of new. This morning, 51cm. There's a lot of wind, my measuring spot is in a somewhat sheltered spot... so nearly a meter on top of 60 and still going. Last week there were almost no snow walls along the roads; now it's hard to tell which pension or hotel is back there behind the white.
Seems like it was pretty tough skiing yesterday, with a lot of people taking some pretty good tumbles in the super-deep and fairly heavy snow (lots of tips dropping into unmoveable stuff, I was told). Could be more of the same today. The wind is down in general, but then a big blast of wind comes through and helps shape the big drifts that are all over the place now.
Very Myoko, though!
Myoko Now 2016-2017 season |
Data as of Sunday 15th January 2017 Total snowfall at base so far 673cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 27 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 91cm (15th January) November 2016 snowfall 12cm reported on 4 days December 2016 snowfall 345cm reported on 13 days January 2017 snowfall 316cm reported on 10 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.