Niseko Now: Monday 31st December 2012
- Dec 31, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 3cm
Snowfall at base this season 536cm
Weather overview Cloud with light snow
Wind
Varied
Temperature -2C base / -7C top
Visibility Fair
Posted at 10:14am on Monday 31st December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
Yesterday didn't turn out to be much fun at all. The rain ended up being pretty bad and dampening spirits with it. But the good news is that it is colder this morning and we have a few cm of fresh snow in the village. Not enough to cover up the rain damage on the slopes, and so extra care is needed out there this morning - it may still be Niseko, but conditions aren't the deep fluffy kind we know so well here today.
3-4cm of snow this morning and light snow falling as I write this. It's very windy again, affecting lift operations which are limited this morning - basically only the lower lifts are open across the mountain resorts. The Hirafu Gondola is the only Gondola managing to move early on. With stronger winds forecast for later on, I suspect that some of the New Year parties will be starting a little early today!
It should be lively evening and look out for the New Year fireworks as well, if the weather conditions allow of course.
We do have decent snowfall lined up and so hopefully we'll be back to Niseko-like conditions pretty soon.
In the meantime, hope you have fun wherever you are in the world tonight - have a safe one and see you in 2013.
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 31st December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 536cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (10th, 11th, 19th December) November 2012 snowfall 118cm reported on 11 days December 2012 snowfall 418cm reported on 27 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.