Nozawa Now: Monday 11th March 2013
- Mar 11, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 800cm
Weather overview Snow
Wind Moderate+
Temperature -
Visibility
Poor
Posted on Monday 11th March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Winter has returned to Nozawa Onsen with a healthy overnight top up recorded. At the moment we have light to moderate flakes falling, very cold temperatures and windy conditions on the higher slopes.
Today will be a good day for skiing and boarding with 30cm of dry windblown powder recorded at Uenotaira, 10cm at Yamabiko. 5cm on the lower slopes of the resort.
The forecast suggests the sun will make an appearance this afternoon and if this is correct conditions should be good. Head for the tree runs to seek shelter from the wind and improved visibility before the sun comes out.
Yesterday about 11am the brief light rain showers turned to snow and it continued to fall as light snow showers for the rest of the day. With the sudden freeze after days of wet snow many places had an icy base but this will have improved today with the fresh snow falls.
Looking at the forecast ahead we should see a clear and warm spring day tomorrow before another cold front moves across the region on Wednesday night. Predicted snowfall intensities for this system have been downgraded overnight, but we still expect moderate to heavy falls for about a 12 hour period into Thursday morning. Following this frontal system a string of clear cool days are expected.
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Courses open:
All courses open except
Grand Prix
Kandahar East
Kandahar West
Challenge 39
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
340cm
Uenotaira
310cm
Hikage
170cm
Nagasaka
165cm
Karasawa
115cm
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Monday 11th March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 800cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 53 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 60cm (on 4th January) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 213cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 311cm reported on 18 days February 2013 snowfall 253cm reported on 16 days March 2013 snowfall 20cm 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 Nozawa Onsen. 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.