Nozawa Now: Tuesday 4th February 2014
- Feb 4, 2014
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Nozawa Onsen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 1cm
Snowfall at base this season 375cm
Posted on Tuesday 4th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Nozawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Nozawa.
I'm happy to report that after another mild day - it was a balmy 6 degrees as the resort closed yesterday - temperatures have been dropping since late last night and it is going to be a much colder day today, currently -3 degrees at base.
There has also been some snowfall, albeit very limited. The resort is reporting 5cm on Uenotaira, and 1cm on the other areas of the mountain. Snow showers are reported for the day and just now it's actually a bit sunny down here in the village. Upper areas of the mountain are covered in cloud though and as of a short while ago it was snowing lightly up there. Not quite the huge dump of snow we are looking for, but definitely an improvement.
We are keeping hopeful for the chance of decent snow overnight tonight and while late on tomorrow and Thursday are forecast to be mostly dry, snow is due over the weekend. Potential. Come on, bring it on!
Let's see what I can report tomorrow morning.
Official snow depths:
Yamabiko - 235cm
Uenotaira - 190cm
Hikage - 115cm
Nagasaka - 110cm
Karasawa - 80cm
Lifts
All lifts operating
Courses
All courses open except:
Kandahar West
Nozawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Tuesday 4th February 2014 Total snowfall at base 375cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 33 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th January) November 2013 snowfall 15cm reported on 2 days December 2013 snowfall 100cm reported on 11 days January 2014 snowfall 259cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 1cm reported on 1 day |
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.