Niseko Now: Tuesday 27th November 2012
- Nov 27, 2012
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 82cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow, windy
Wind
Strong
Temperature 1C base / -3C top
Visibility Poor
Posted at 9:12am on Tuesday 27th November 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here.
From yesterday afternoon:
I said 'until tomorrow', but I thought I would give you an update. Not very good news since I posted the morning report, I'm afraid.
Rain has been falling in Niseko, which has somewhat dampened some spirits after such a fun weekend, and I doubt there are as many people out there on the lifts now. At least it has been trying to turn into sleet and it does seem likely that it will soon be snowing once again. More of that wet snow at first no doubt, but hopefully it will be more like what we expect in Niseko by tomorrow and beyond as things still look set to get colder again, especially once we get to the end of the week.
Perhaps the last rain of the year? Would be nice!
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Today's report:
Yesterday was one of those days best forgotten, and we can forgive 'nature' especially as we are still in November. Just a dusting of snowfall since yesterday through until early this morning, and in reality the rain will have done some damage out there though hopefully limited, and will actually have helped compact the snow base out there.
This morning I am happy to report that we are back to snow in Niseko along with those strong winds that we were told to expect - Hirafu reporting winds of 15m/s in upper areas and probably stronger. (They have also increased the snow depth numbers to 140cm this morning). Once the winds calm down, fingers crossed the snow is here to stay.
At the time of writing, Hirafu only has the lower Ace Number 1 pair lift moving with the two usual lifts on standby due to the blizzard like conditions out there. Annupuri is closed with no lifts moving this morning.
Perhaps today is a good time to check out some local hot springs or one of the places opening up for a good meal, I think! Hopefully tomorrow I will have some nice new snowy news to report.
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Data as of Tuesday 27th November 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 82cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 8 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 20cm (19th and 21st November) November 2012 snowfall 82cm |
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.