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Nozawa Now: Tuesday 31st January 2017

  • Jan 31, 2017
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano


New snowfall at base 24cm
Snowfall at base this season 529cm

Posted on Tuesday 31st January 2017 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.


Morning from Nozawa.


Ah, I'm glad it's today and not yesterday. Because rather than wet stuff, it's a story of fresh snow this morning. Yey!


And there's a fair difference in amounts too with 45cm being reported on top Yamabiko areas since yesterday morning and just 10cm from Karasawa. My measured number is 24cm.


So a nice new layer pretty much everywhere I would say; a good refresh.


Light snow has still been falling early on but it's expected to stop soon with the forecast generally for cloudy weather today, but snow is forecast from tomorrow night too.


From today, it looks like lifts will be open for an extra 30 minutes at the end of the day. More time to slide.



Nozawa Now 2016-2017 season

Data as of Tuesday 31st January 2017 Total snowfall at base 529cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 52cm (14th January) November 2016 snowfall 2cm reported on 2 days December 2016 snowfall 161cm reported on 14 days January 2017 snowfall 366cm reported on 20 days




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