Niseko Now: Tuesday 4th December 2012
- Dec 4, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 155cm
Weather overview Rain
Wind
Strong
Temperature 6C base / 1C top
Visibility Fair
Posted at 9:38am on Tuesday 4th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here.
Well, after that lovely day out in Niseko yesterday, it's another contrast this morning.
It's a warm (+6C) and very wet morning, I'm afraid. Not only have we not managed to escape the rain that was on the forecast, but it's heavy rain doing some damage this morning. Take a look at the snow depths at the resorts - all of them reflecting this. Here's to a quick change back into snow, which is happily forecast for later on today.
Strong winds are also with us today and affecting the lift operations at the resorts that are open, as noted below.
It's another of those days perhaps best doing other things as we wait for our next installment of powder to arrive.
Tomorrow should see colder temperatures return, hopefully along with the snow and then there's some heavy snow and strong winds lined up on the forecast again Thursday into Friday.
At Niseko Grand Hirafu, just the Ace Family Pair lift and the Ace Number 1 Pair lifts (which has been called into special service!) are moving at the time of writing. The other planned lifts for the day are not moving due to the winds.
At Niseko Annupuri, the Gondola and Jumbo No3 pair lifts are on standby.
At Niseko Village, the Community Chair, Morino Chair and Banzai Chair are operating.
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Data as of Tuesday 4th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 155cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 25cm (2nd December) November 2012 snowfall 118cm reported on 11 days December 2012 snowfall 37cm reported on 3 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.