Nozawa Now: Wednesday 20th January 2016
- Jan 20, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 9cm
Snowfall at base this season 160cm
Posted on Wednesday 20th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa where the storm has hit - wind in particular, meaning that the upper areas of the mountain are this morning closed as I write this report. Hopefully they will be able to open if conditions improve but for the moment the open lifts are as noted below and the forecast is for windy conditions for the day.
The resort is reporting 20cm of snowfall on the upper areas this morning and 15cm on the Nagasaka area. A strong northerly wind is blowing snow around making for bad visibility and also lots of drifting which in turn makes it difficult to tell just how much snow has fallen.
There's a heavy snow warning out currently and we expect more today and perhaps quite a lot too. Bring it on, I say.
Forecast is looking pretty good for the coming week too.
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko: 100cm
Uenotaira: 90cm
Hikage: 45cm
Nagasaka: 40cm
Karasawa: 30cm
New snowfall as reported by the resort since yesterday morning:
Yamabiko: 22cm
Uenotaira: 22cm
Hikage: 15cm
Nagasaka: 15cm
Karasawa: 15cm
Nozawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Wednesday 20th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 160cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 22 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 32cm (29th December) November 2015 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2015 snowfall 100cm reported on 9 days January 2016 snowfall 57cm reported on 12 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.