Yuzawa Now: Saturday 16th February 2013
- Feb 16, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 26
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 20cm
Snowfall at base this season 587cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind
Moderate to strong
Temperature -5C base / -12C top
Visibility
Generally poor
Posted at 9:30am on Saturday 16th February 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good news this morning with a lot of snowfall to report. Perhaps around 20cm on average around town areas and more on the mountains with resorts reporting between 30cm and up to 50cm (Kagura) of new snowfall.
It is a cold start to the day as well, and likely won't warm up much either. -5C. Moderate to strong winds are causing a few problems for a few resorts. At the time of writing the Tashiro part of Kagura is closed and that resort only open from the Mitsumata Ropeway to the Kagura No1 pair lift. The top areas of Naeba and their gondolas are closed as well. Yuzawa Kogen seemed to open a bit late as well and we can expect some lifts to be moving at slower than usual because of the wind.
The snow is still coming down good and might well continue into tomorrow. But some local forecasts have conditions clearing and calming down by tomorrow morning and it possibly turning into a fine day. Monday onwards we are looking at a run of days when snow is likely.
Fine conditions out there this morning, hope you can enjoy them.
Yuzawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Saturday 16th February 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 587cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 46 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 45cm (10th December) November 2012 snowfall 8cm reported on 3 days December 2012 snowfall 217cm reported on 15 days January 2013 snowfall 254cm reported on 19 days February 2013 snowfall 108cm reported on 9 days |
All snowfall data presented on this page is the snowfall measured and observed at base/town level by our reporter based in Yuzawa. 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.