Niseko Now: Thursday 20th December 2012
- Dec 20, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 35cm
Snowfall at base this season 419cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind
Varied
Temperature -6C base / -11C top
Visibility Poor
Posted at 9:52am on Thursday 20th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Hello and good morning.
Yesterday was an excellent day in Niseko with wonderful conditions being enjoyed out there.
After the bumper snow that I reported yesterday I wasn't quite expecting to be reporting similar this morning. But that's the way it is, with another 35cm of fresh snow to report this morning.
We have well and truly busted through the 4m mark of total snowfall here in the village. Let's see how far we can go this December... can we beat last year?
Snow conditions yesterday were brilliant. And they will possibly be better today. If such things are possible, of course. ;)
Variable winds by the looks of things on the mountain this morning though not much here in the village. The resorts are reporting winds between 1m/s (Hirafu base) and 17m/s (Annupuri top). Lifts seem to be operating mostly as normal though the top two lifts at Hanazono were operating at a reduced speed early on.
So the forecast is looking promising as well with basically snow lined up daily in the coming week. Things may get less cold tomorrow and Saturday, but other than that it's just snow and more snow really.
Did I mention it was still snowing?
Enjoy!
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 20th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 419cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 29 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (10th, 11th, 19th December) November 2012 snowfall 118cm reported on 11 days December 2012 snowfall 301cm reported on 18 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.