Naeba Now: Friday 16th February 2018
- Feb 16, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 798cm
Posted on Friday 16th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
It's a beautiful start to the day here, with light, fluffy clouds clinging to the mountainsides backed with bright blue skies. There has been a dusting of fresh snow at the base, suggesting there should be a little more up the mountain. The pistes are again in fantastic conditions. For the remainder of today, we can expect the skies to stay clear until at least lunchtime, when there is a chance of higher cloud pushing in and hiding the sunshine. The air temperature will be around 0°C for most of today, at the base.
Looking forwards, we can expect the air temperature to plummet tomorrow afternoon, as a result of a cold block of air pushing in from the north west. This will be brought in by some strong winds, which may strengthen to up to 45kmph at the base overnight on Saturday. This air will bring some moderate snowfall with it also. Temperatures will remaining well below 0°C until at least Monday, as with the snow. Accumulations are estimated to be modest after the heaviest snow on Saturday night.
Naeba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Friday 16th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 798cm Number of days snowfall observed 47 days Most snowfall observed on 1 day 79cm (reported on 14th December) November 2017 snowfall 46cm observed on 2 days December 2017 snowfall 400cm observed on 18 days January 2018 snowfall 307cm observed on 18 days February 2018 snowfall 45cm observed 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 Naeba. 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.