Niseko Now: Saturday 5th January 2013
- Jan 5, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Niseko region of Hokkaido
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 621cm
Weather overview Cloud, light snow
Wind
OK
Temperature -7C base / -11C top
Visibility Fair
Posted at 9:03am on Saturday 5th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Niseko Now report can be found here
It's another cold start to the day, but not quite as cold as yesterday morning. When it's down into near minus double digits though, sometimes it's hard to notice the difference - it's all just... cold! When you are in a place like Niseko though with the snow to compensate, it's all good.
20cm of new snowfall since yesterday, a good chunk of that falling mid-afternoon yesterday. It's a calm morning with some light snow lazily falling from the skies. The sun was out just a short while ago over in Hanazono, but it seems to have disappeared once again behind the clouds.
The forecast for the day is mostly just cloudy, snow likely overnight into tomorrow.
All resorts and lifts around the mountain look set to be operating as normal.
Should be great conditions out on the slopes this morning. Have a great weekend.
Niseko Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Saturday 5th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 621cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 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 January 2013 snowfall 85cm reported on 5 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.