Niseko Now: Saturday 22nd December 2012
- Dec 22, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 446cm
Weather overview Cloud with light snow
Wind
Varied
Temperature -1C base / -6C top
Visibility Fair
Posted at 9:41am on Saturday 22nd December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Welcome to the weekend. And I have more snow to report, another 5-10cm or so since yesterday. It is not as cold as yesterday and currently around -1C in the village, cloudy but fairly bright with it and light snow forecast for the day.
It's a fairly calm morning here and all the lifts that should be moving this morning are doing so taking people up to the lovely snow conditions out on the mountain.
Not a whole lot more to report this morning really. From tomorrow we can expect colder conditions once again as the snow continues to fall giving us regular top-ups on the Niseko slopes. It'll be needed from now on with more people. I think today marks the first day of the season when Niseko Grand Hirafu will have all of their lifts operating.
Tis the weekend before Christmas of course, with more people arriving by the day in Kutchan and Niseko. There'll be lots of parties in the coming days!
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Saturday 22nd December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 446cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 31 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (10th, 11th, 19th December) November 2012 snowfall 118cm reported on 11 days December 2012 snowfall 328cm reported on 20 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.