Shiga Kogen Now: Friday 29th January 2016
- Jan 29, 2016
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Shiga Kogen region of Nagano
New snowfall at base 4cm
Snowfall at base this season 299cm
Posted on Friday 29th January 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Shiga Kogen Now report can be found here.
Yesterday was a very fine day with blue skies to enjoy and nice cold conditions.
It's warmer this morning with some resorts even reporting temperatures in low positive numbers.
Snow is falling this morning, but it's coming from the south and with the milder temperature is on the heavier and wet side, so not top grade Shiga Kogen quality really. Still, I'll take 4cm of this kind of snow than none (or rain, heaven forbid!). The forecast still tells us to expect heavy snow tonight with it easing off tomorrow morning...
There's a generally foggy kind of feel to things here in Maruike just at the moment and visibility is poor.
This season really is proving to be an odd one by all accounts - in most regions of Japan too, not just this part of northern Nagano. Generally difficult to read and know what's going to happen next.
It will be interesting to see how the rest of the season goes. Obviously we still have less snow than usual so unless that builds up significantly in February, resorts are going to be struggling to remain open as long as they want to this year. Let's hope that February comes out and brings us the goods.
Shiga Kogen Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Friday 29th January 2016 Total snowfall at base 299cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 36 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 28cm (18th January) November 2015 snowfall 7cm reported on 3 days December 2015 snowfall 105cm reported on 17 days January 2016 snowfall 187cm reported on 16 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.