Myoko Now: Wednesday 20th January 2016
- Jan 20, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 288cm
Posted on Wednesday 20th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
I'm going to get this out early (well, I wanted to be even earlier, but I wanted at least one or two resorts to report in before getting this out).
The morning began with some very bright lightning and echoing thunder—good signs for snow—and, sure enough, some graupel (soft hail) did fall right after that. Not a whole lot of accumulation yet, probably 20cm (hard to tell with drifting). I just finished the snow blowing, and suddenly the screaming wind is back, as is another blast of fairly heavy snow, this time, again, the round pellets of graupel. Hopefully this will turn to some nicer flakes to slide on, which is often the case.
Akakura Kanko has sent out its report for the morning, which says all lifts are running, but with this kind of wind it's very likely that area gondolas and higher lifts may well shut down. The wind is coming in very strong from the north and northwest on the ocean and along the coast. I have a feeling that, if it shifts a little more west so the wind comes not off the plains to the north but directly over Mt. Myoko and the other frontline peaks, we'll see more snow. And it looks likely; the local forecast is saying upwards of 80cm through to tomorrow. Which would be a great thing right now, even if the storm slows things down a bit today.
No change in the reports; it is colder than yesterday (-4°C on the trusty car thermometer this morning), but I doubt snow levels will have changed much; Akakura Kanko did not add any to yesterday's total.
There will be pretty good wind chill if you are on the hill, so cover those noses and ears!
Akakura Kanko:
-2° / 130cm
Akakura Onsen:
-2° / 130cm
Ikenotaira Onsen:
-4° / 70cm
Myoko Suginohara:
-10° (top)/ 80cm
Seki Onsen:
-5° / 180cm
Myoko Ski Park:
-1° / 95cm
Kyukamura RunRun:
1° / 130cm
Tangram Ski Circus:
-5° / 95cm
Madarao Kogen:
-5° / 90cm
Myoko Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Wednesday 20th January 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 288cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 21 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (29th December, 1st and 8th January) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 140cm reported on 9 days January 2015 snowfall 148cm reported on 12 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.