Yuzawa Now: Friday 18th January 2013
- Jan 18, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 26
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 30cm
Snowfall at base this season 386cm
Weather overview Cloud cover
Wind
Moderate to strong
Temperature -2C base / -6C top
Visibility
Generally poor
Posted at 8:52am on Friday 18th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Good news it is!
Yes the snow has been coming down hard overnight and we wake to a very snowy morning in Yuzawa.
Strong winds were blowing about later on in the evening yesterday and the snow started falling. There must be about 30cm of new snow here in town areas and more on the mountain. Indeed up at Kagura which usually is the place that gets the most snowfall in the region, they are saying that half a metre of snow fell overnight. I'd imagine 30-50cm is the haul at most higher areas, but today the snow should be pretty great everywhere.
Strong winds are affecting operations in some of those higher elevations though. The Tashiro Ropeway at Kagura is not going to be open today (along with the Dragondola connecting Kagura with Naeba). Only part of Kagura (via Mitsumata) is also open and the top areas of Naeba are not open early on. All due to the wind. If they stay closed for the day, the people travelling up for the weekend will be as happy as tomorrow morning getting access to all that untouched!
It's currently about -4C in town.
The clearer weather we were expecting for the weekend seems to have been shunted back a day, as we have the snow to continue falling today and possibly into tomorrow. Clearer skies on Sunday. You never know though, tomorrow might end up clear as was originally forecast.
Whichever, it is going to be a good weekend here in Yuzawa and Minamiuonuma.
Yuzawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Friday 18th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 386cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 30 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 161cm reported on 12 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.