Naeba Now: Monday 19th February 2018
- Feb 19, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 6cm
Snowfall at base this season 855cm
Posted on Monday 19th February 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
It's a clear start today, with a few clouds drifting about the valley and a light wind. After the 51cm of new snow received until yesterday morning, surprisingly only 6cm further accumilated in the past 24 hours. The strong winds yesterday will likely have both impacted this accumlation, and also shifted significant amounts of snow about the mountain so expect some deep snow drifts on lee-side (southerly) slopes ! This also means there will likely be some scouring occuring on windward (northerly) slopes, so pick your ski runs wisely today. For th remainder of today, we can expect light to moderate winds, accompanied by cloud blowing in and out of the valley. Visibility will be variable as a product of this. We may also recieve a small accumlation of new snow today and overnight tonight.
Looking fowards, the forecast indicates an unstable week ahead. Snow is predicted on and off, with accumilations most likely occuring on Tuesday night. The wind will be persistant this week, only calming to 5kmph on Thursday. The air temperature will remain comfortably below 0°C unti at least Thursday also, with daytime highs maxing out at -1°C. After a calm day on Thursday, stormy weather will be pushing back in on Friday, with air temperatures plummeting again to highs of -6°C overnight on Saturday. Snow and moderate wind will also be back for another round of winter over the weekend.
Naeba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Monday 19th February 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 855cm Number of days snowfall observed 49 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 102cm observed 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 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.