Niseko Now: Friday 25th March 2016
- Mar 25, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 982cm
Posted on Friday 25th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Good morning once again from here in Hirafu.
And there's some more snow to report this morning... another 4cm here at base. Yey!
The top of Mt Yotei is covered with cloud but right now we are enjoying mostly blue skies and sunshine with just a bit of other cloud here and there. Lovely morning. And that small top-up should be fun to ride on.
It's calm here at the moment though some stronger winds are expected this morning.
Keeping pretty chilly too.
The forecast gives us the chance of light scattered snow here and there through the next couple of days (some mention rain too, hopefully we can avoid that), and then quite a lot of sunshine late weekend and early in the week when we can expect things to start warming up a bit.
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Tomorrow sees that new Hokkaido Shinkansen train line open. That line will eventually be extended through to Sapporo - with a stop planned for Kutchan as well.
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Niseko Avalanche Report:
Niseko base 6am: -5℃, 1cm snowfall. Moiwa 838m: -5.6℃, E7.4m/s. Annupuri 1000m snowpack 310cm. Hirafu peak ridge -9℃, moderate wind and light snowfall. Benkei cape: NE5m/s, Kamui cape: E2m/s, 1015hPa, 1.1m waves.
The atmospheric pressure grade is flat and the weather is calm at the ocean and the mountains. The wind will pick up at the isobars gets steeper. Always be ready for sudden weather changes.
All gates will open. Have a nice day.
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Official resort snow depths as of Friday 25th March 2016:
Niseko Grand Hirafu & Hanazono
Top - 355cm
Base - 125cm
Niseko Village
Top - 340cm
Base - 130cm
Niseko Annupuri
Top - 360cm
Base - 130cm
Niseko Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Friday 25th March 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 982cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 82 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 38cm (17th February) November 2015 snowfall 61cm reported on 4 days December 2015 snowfall 244cm reported on 17 days January 2016 snowfall 303cm reported on 26 days February 2016 snowfall 266cm reported on 22 days March 2016 snowfall 108cm reported on 13 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.