Myoko Now: Tuesday 31st December 2019
- Dec 31, 2019
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Myoko region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 70cm
Posted on Tuesday 31st December 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Myoko Now report can be found here.
Things are changing very quickly as I write our report for the last day of 2019.
Just 30 minutes ago it was mostly sunny, very warm and with only a light wind from the south. It has quickly gotten overcast, the barometer is crashing down (and it is low!) and a little light rain is falling occasionally. The forecast is for the freezing level to come down very quickly, so we could have much colder temperatures, some good snowfall, and perhaps some fairly strong winds in just a few hours. The winds offshore are already very strong, and coming from the northwest - just what we want to see for some good snowfall!
I also have to relay what the head of one of the ski schools who has been here for nearly 50 years reported at a meeting last night: this low snow has happened before (about 40 years ago, he said), with basically no snow before New Year's Day. And then it turned around.
Don't lose hope, snow sliders of all styles! The season has only just begun.
Take all reported snow depths as very optimistic; we can see brown spots here and there, but, hopefully, they'll be covered very soon!
Akakura Kanko:
50cm, 4°C
All lifts operating
Akakura Onsen:
35cm, 0°C
All main lifts operating
Ikenotaira Onsen:
30cm, 1°C
Capsule pair, Karamatsu pair, AB1, AB2 lifts
Myoko Suginohara:
Will make an announcement today if they can open for the 1st
Seki Onsen:
Open
Myoko Ski Park:
Apparently open.... Hard to tell from the city site, or the resort itself.
Kyukamura RunRun:
40cm, 4°
Open
Tangram Ski Circus:
30cm, 0°
Please check before you go; the website has all lifts marked in red with the hours the lifts are NOT running marked. Meaning they're all closed?
Madarao Kogen:
30cm, 5°
Almost all lifts running
Lotte Arai Resort
102cm, 9.5° (how they gained this much, who knows; did you guys move your measurement stick?)
Arai Gondola, Zendana, Okanashi lifts
Kurohime Kogen Snow Park
0cm, 7°
Closed
Myoko Now 2019-2020 season |
Data as of Tuesday 31st December 2019 Total snowfall at base so far 70cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (28th December) November 2019 snowfall 11cm reported on 2 days December 2019 snowfall 59cm reported on 6 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.