Yuzawa Now: Friday 26th February 2016
- Feb 26, 2016
- 3 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 5cm
Snowfall at base this season 385cm
Posted on Friday 26th February 2016 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
It's one of those days when you really want to get out for first tracks.
A beautiful morning here.
Blue sky and sunshine, with a bit of fresh snow again underfoot.
Yesterday snow was falling for large parts of the day, but it was generally very light and didn't amount to much in terms of new cm.
There has been some more snow fall overnight and another 5cm here on the ground this morning. Maiko are reporting 5-10cm of fresh and Kagura 3-5cm this morning.
And as I said, the sun is out and we have lots of blue skies above. Some cloud around but for the moment it's mostly clear. Quite a chilly start to the day and fingers crossed it won't warm up too much above zero today.
The local Yahoo forecast has us down for snow/cloud for the day, but them being totally wrong would come as no surprise seeing as though that's been pretty much their record for the season! The more reliable 6-day forecast (below) does also actually have snow showers for the day after a sunny start and so perhaps the clouds will be rolling in sometime this morning or this afternoon. There is a bank of clouds visible over to the north of the Minamiuonuma valley right now.
It looks like the weekend should be a mix up of weather conditions as well - including the chance of some snow - and as so often has been the case this year, hard to read.
I'd guess that there's a good chance of a sunny day tomorrow along with warmer conditions once again.
(That 'heavy snow' for Monday night looks good too. Less so the chance of rain around Sunday).
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Resort official snow depths (Friday 26th February 2016) and any specific news at time of writing:
Resorts in Yuzawa:
GALA Yuzawa
180cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama
140cm
Iwappara
130cm
Joetsu Kokusai
160cm
Kagura
160cm (Mitsumata)
190cm (Tashiro)
220cm (Kagura)
Kandatsu Kogen
130-155cm
Maiko Snow Resort
170cm (upper)
60cm (lower)
Muikamachi Hakkaisan
160cm
Naeba
130cm
NASPA Ski Garden
125cm
Yuzawa Kogen
150cm
Yuzawa Nakazato
95cm
Yuzawa Park
95cm
Yuzawa Now 2015-2016 season |
Data as of Friday 26th February 2016 Total snowfall at base so far 385cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 38 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 150cm reported on 13 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.