Shiga Kogen Now: Friday 1st February 2019
- Feb 1, 2019
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 14cm
Snowfall at base this season 498cm
Posted on Friday 1st February 2019 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Morning from Shiga Kogen.
Blowing winds and snow on this very cold morning. It's affecting some lifts early on and certainly not the kindest of conditions to be outside. We're gnarlier than that though aren't we? ;)
I am measuring 14cm of fresh snow and I note that the Yakebitaiyama resort are are reporting about 20cm and Kumanoyu just 5cm. Regional variances as well as a bit of wind mixed into there explaining that I think. But it is coming down nicely now so there's more on the way during the day today.
The weekend is set to be calmer, clearer and brighter.
And warmer too, particularly on Sunday. We're high up here in Shiga Kogen and so avoid warm ups too much - still keeping fairly cold up here. Let us hope that is the case on Sunday because it looks like it's going to be borderline toasty down in the valleys.
Shiga Kogen Now 2018-2019 season |
Data as of Friday 1st February 2019 Total snowfall at base 498cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 42 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 54cm (27th January) November 2018 snowfall 3cm reported on 2 days December 2018 snowfall 169cm reported on 16 days January 2019 snowfall 312cm reported on 23 days February 2019 snowfall 14cm 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 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.