Niseko Now: Wednesday 19th December 2012
- Dec 19, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 40cm
Snowfall at base this season 384cm
Weather overview Heavy snow
Wind
Varied
Temperature -8C base / -13C top
Visibility Poor
Posted at 9:26am on Wednesday 19th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
A very good morning to you from Niseko. And a very good morning it is! I have 40cm of fresh snowfall to report today and it is still snowing. Oh yes. And it is very cold as well, earlier on when I got up it was closing in on minus double digits, and currently around -8C. Annupuri say it is -15C up top this morning.
So we have had some heavy snowfall since yesterday into this morning and it a very wintery morning - just what we like! The forecast for today into tomorrow is more snowfall, perhaps a break in the snow on Friday, followed by more snow from Saturday, so a good strong winter weather pattern developing.
Having to cope with the new snowfall some lifts are starting a little later than usual this morning, and the top Hanazono lift is operating at reduced speed early on but other than that we seem to be open as normal. Moderate winds on the mountain may well affect top lifts today.
It should be great deep powder conditions on the Niseko slopes today.
For those interested in the JMA Kutchan town snowfall numbers, the current snowfall for December 2012 so far stands at 190cm. The number for the complete month of December 2011 was 349cm, December 2010 was 201cm and December 2009 was 246cm.
Looking back over the reports since the beginning of the season, actual snowfall here in Hirafu will soon be over 4m.
It is looking promising for another impressive December for Niseko.
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Wednesday 19th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 384cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 28 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (10th, 11th, 19th December) November 2012 snowfall 118cm reported on 11 days December 2012 snowfall 266cm 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.