Shiga Kogen Now: Tuesday 15th March 2016
- Mar 15, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 18cm
Snowfall at base this season 541cm
Posted on Tuesday 15th March 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
It's snowing!
And some of the resort areas reporting 20cm of fresh as well.
And oddly there's a bit of sunshine coming through my window at the moment. Hold on, no, it's gone. Back to grey cloud cover and the snow falling...
Yes, it is a good morning.
I mentioned a brief glimpse of the sun - the forecast does actually tell us to expect some of that later on today and so perhaps it's the first signs of clearing conditions.
A friend mentioned to me last night, we have just half a month left of 'the full mountain' (ie. all of the resort areas) being open - come April some areas will be closed, though of course some resort areas plan to open right through into May.
Most of the resorts don't seem to have adjusted their official snow depth numbers, but that's par for the course!
Shiga Kogen Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Tuesday 15th March 2016 Total snowfall at base 541cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 60 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 7cm reported on 3 days December 2015 snowfall 105cm reported on 17 days January 2016 snowfall 204cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 147cm reported on 15 days March 2016 snowfall 78cm reported on 7 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Shiga Kogen. 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.