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Yuzawa Now: Friday 14th February 2014

  • Feb 14, 2014
  • 2 min read

Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata


New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 515cm

Posted on Friday 14th February 2014 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.


Light snow on and off again this morning so far - just a few cm overnight and that's pretty much what the skijo are reporting as well, including Kagura.


As I write this, it's just cloudy and about -3 degrees in the Yuzawa town area.


Are we on for a storm and heavy snow in the next 48 hours? There are warnings of snow on the Kanto plains again today and Tokyo might once again be in for snowfall. Last time that happened we didn't get a huge amount here. What about this time?


It's difficult to say, some of the forecasts are looking very promising for decent snowfall tonight and through tomorrow as well. But others are less optimistic about the snow and even tell us of the chance of sleet or rain down in town during the day tomorrow when it should remain oddly mild. (Some forecasts even having temps rising to +6 in the afternoon tomorrow!)


So it's really not clear what's going to happen. We hope for the heavy snow, obviously. It's useless and only trouble in Tokyo - so bring it over here! What is clear is that tomorrow morning I'll update this and let you know how things are going.


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Official resort snow depths @ Friday 14th February 2014, AM:

Naeba:

230cm

Kagura (Tashiro):

270cm

Kagura (Mitsumata):

320cm

NASPA Ski Garden:

223cm

Gala Yuzawa:

290cm

Iwappara:

175cm

Yuzawa Kogen:

290cm

Yuzawa Nakazato:

185cm

Yuzawa Park:

175cm

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Maiko Snow Resort:

255cm

Ishiuchi Maruyama:

230cm

Joetsu Kokusai:

200cm



Yuzawa Now 2013-2014 season

Data as of Friday 14th February 2014 Total snowfall at base so far 515cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 43 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 40cm (11th and 13th January) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 131cm reported on 14 days January 2014 snowfall 297cm reported on 19 days February 2014 snowfall 82cm reported on 9 days



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