Niseko Now: Thursday 17th January 2013
- Jan 17, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 826cm
Weather overview Clear and sunny
Wind
Light
Temperature -10C base / -12C top
Visibility Very good
Posted at 9:18am on Thursday 17th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Good morning from Niseko.
How about another 20cm or so of new snow this morning? Sounds good? It just keeps on coming. It's cold, cold morning in Hirafu here with temperatures down to minus double digits.
Not much of a wind and all lifts on the mountain resorts opened as planned. The sun is out and we have some nice clear blue skies above us. The forecast has clouds and possible snow later on today so it may well not last. For now at least it is a very good day to be out playing in the snow.
All is good.
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 17th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 826cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 55 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (10th, 11th, 19th December) November 2012 snowfall 118cm reported on 11 days December 2012 snowfall 418cm reported on 27 days January 2013 snowfall 290cm reported on 17 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Kutchan/Niseko. 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.