Naeba Now: Tuesday 23rd January 2018
- Jan 23, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Naeba region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 16cm
Snowfall at base this season 637cm
Posted on Tuesday 23rd January 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Naeba Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Naeba! It's a beautiful start to the day today, with the mountain and snow-covered trees being lit up by a pink sunrise. We had a total of 16cm of new snow in the past 24 hours, which has topped up the pistes well. The skiing conditions on piste today will be fabulous, particularly due to Naeba's world-class grooming having tidied up the fresh snow nicely. Confusingly, the forecast indicates that we should expect the snow to continue throughout today, however as previously mentioned we have started the day with clear skies and no wind. It looks as though we should expect the wind to pick up significantly later in the day, swinging from a southerly to a northerly and blowing in some more storm clouds. Temperatures today are expected to remain just below 0°C. With the sun, this will feel pleasant, but if the snow clouds do arrive as predicted, it will feel much cooler this afternoon.
Looking forwards, it looks as though "Storm Finn" proper will strike tomorrow, particularly overnight. Temperatures are expected to drop to around -10°C tonight and stay around there until at least Sunday. As for snow, we should expect moderate to heavy snow throughout Wednesday and Thursday. The wind will be picking up significantly later today, dropping again overnight, and raising again on Wednesday night.
I'm pleased to announce that we are continuing with our track record of every new day added to the forecast, the snow predictions continue.
Kōrudo!
Naeba Now 2017-2018 season |
Data as of Tuesday 23rd January 2018 Total snowfall at base so far 637cm Number of days snowfall observed 30 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 191cm 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.