Yuzawa Now: Thursday 25th February 2016
- Feb 25, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 7cm
Snowfall at base this season 380cm
Posted on Thursday 25th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Morning from Yuzawa and I'm happy to report that there's some more fresh snow to report.
After the snow during the morning yesterday, there was a period during the afternoon when the sun was out and some blue sky but it was snowing once again in the evening and has been overnight as well.
It's another modest amount... 7cm of fresh on the ground here since yesterday morning; and just for the record, Maiko Snow Resort are reporting 10cm, Kagura are reporting 5-10cm and Naeba are reporting 10cm of fresh snowfall.
Right now light snow continues to fall though it has eased off just to the north with a few small patches of blue sky visible. The forecasts generally give us light snow during the morning and a bit of sunshine this afternoon with temperatures not rising much above zero during the day.
The 6-day forecast still has fairly regular light snowfall lined up with the most likely around Monday (though there may be a bit more rain sometime around the late weekend).
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By the end of February last season we had observed a whopping 1207cm (12+m!) of snowfall here in Yuzawa town - with the majority of that falling in the very snowy months of December 2014 and January 2015.
228cm of snowfall was observed in these reports during the month of February 2015.
So far this February I have observed 145cm of snow, and the number for the season as a whole is currently standing at just 380cm.
Once we got into March last season there was just another 96cm of snow left to fall at town level through until the end of the season. The season before (2013-2014), 196cm of snow fell from the beginning of March until the end of the season, so a decent March is definitely not beyond hope. I think it's reasonable to say that we'd need a buck in the trend of the season as a whole so far for that to happen though.
Onegai shimasu!
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Resort official snow depths (Thursday 25th February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing:
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
170cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
120cm
Iwappara
130cm
Joetsu Kokusai
160cm
Kagura
160cm (Mitsumata)
190cm (Tashiro)
220cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
115-150cm
Maiko Snow Resort
170cm (upper)
60cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
160cm
Naeba
120cm
NASPA Ski Garden
125cm
Yuzawa Kogen
150cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
95cm
Yuzawa Park
90cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Thursday 25th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 380cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 37 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 34cm (10th February) November 2015 snowfall 0cm December 2015 snowfall 92cm reported on 7 days January 2016 snowfall 143cm reported on 18 days February 2016 snowfall 145cm 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.