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Yuzawa Now: Sunday 16th December 2012

  • Dec 16, 2012
  • 2 min read

Updated: Jan 26

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


New snowfall at base 0cm
Snowfall at base this season 105cm

Weather overview Rain, sleet

Wind

Slight

Temperature 4C base / -1C top

Visibility

Fair


Posted at 9:50am on Sunday 16th December 2012 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.


The sun was out for pretty much all of yesterday and it turned out to be a lovely day.


We haven't escaped the rain though, as it has been raining since early morning in Yuzawa. It does seem to be trying to snow so looks like sleet coming down at times and indeed higher up the mountains it is snowing a wet kind of snow. But the best we can hope for here now is damage limitation I think and that it eases off quickly.


It is a mild 4C in the town at the moment.


Tomorrow the sun should be out and clearer skies though it will probably stay quite warm. Wednesday seems to be when we can expect it to get colder again and while we might see dustings of snow, there is no major snowfall on the horizon through until Friday as the forecast stands.


Official resort snow depths @ Sunday 16th December 12, AM:


Mt Naeba:

90cm

Kagura:

200cm

Kandatsu Kogen:

70cm

Iwappara:

70cm

Yuzawa Kogen:

100cm

Yuzawa Nakazato:

50cm

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Centleisure Maiko:

60cm

Joetsu Kokusai:

130cm


Planned resort openings


21st December

Ishiuchi Maruyama

Yuzawa Park

Muikamachi Ski Resort


22nd December

Gala Yuzawa

NASPA Ski Garden

Ipponsugi

Muikamachi Hakkaisan

Chateau Shiozawa


23rd December

Itsukamachi

Hakkaisanroku


Late December

Yuzawa Kogen

Ludens Yuzawa

Mt Granview

Ishiuchi Hanaoka



Yuzawa Now 2012-2013 season

Data as of Sunday 16th December 2012 Total snowfall at base so far 105cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 9 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 8cm December 2012 snowfall 97cm




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