Nozawa Now: Thursday 27th December 2012
- Dec 27, 2012
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 213cm
Weather overview Bluebird
Wind Moderate
Temperature -
Visibility
Excellent
Posted on Thursday 27th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Going to keep it pretty brief today as have an important 'board meeting' to get to!
Conditions are close on perfect today. We had another 30cm plus fall on us since about 3pm yesterday and it is a magical bluebird day in Nozawa. Quite cold too this morning.
It snowed heavy all day yesterday and there was some great powder runs to be had yesterday but it was blizzard like conditions. Not for everyone. But today the wind has dropped now and the skies are blue.
I may have said this before but it is the best day of the season so far! Guess it just keeps getting better. Get up there and enjoy it...
Tomorrow will probably be more cloudy followed by a warmer weekend, and the chance of rain village level before it starts snowing again late Sunday into Monday. So says the current forecast.
Lifts operating:
All lifts operating except for Kandahar and Hikage No2 Pair B.
Courses open:
Most courses open, except:
Kandahar West
Kandahar East
Mukoubayashi
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko
230cm
Uenotaira
220cm
Hikage
160cm
Nagasaka
120cm
Karasawa
75cm
Official new snowfall:
35cm (Yamabiko)
45cm (Uenotaira)
25cm (Karasawa)
Nozawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Thursday 27th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 213cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 15 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (on 24th December) November 2012 snowfall 3cm reported on 1 day December 2012 snowfall 210cm reported on 14 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.