Shiga Kogen Now: Thursday 15th November 2018
- Nov 15, 2018
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
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Posted on Thursday 15th November 2018 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Good morning from Shiga Kogen.
As with many regions of Japan, it has been relatively mild over the last few weeks.
The good news is that this morning feels rather cold and there is some light snow falling and a thin layer of snow on the ground in places. I was just over in Ichinose and feel confident that I can 'award' the reports 1cm. Right now the sun is out.
The Kumanoyu resort area has been trying to pump out some 'snow' from the snow-making machines, but they have this morning said that they have stopped due to temperature. It is looking like their hoped-for planned opening this Saturday (17th November) is going to be very (very) difficult. I wouldn't expect it.
The forecast for later on next week looks like it might be quite encouraging. I'll be with you again next week!
The section of the Route 292 road that connects Shiga Kogen with Gunma Prefecture will be closed for the winter from 1:00pm today - and it will then be closed until 19th April 2019. Access to Shiga Kogen is by Route 292 from the north-west.
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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.