Yuzawa Now: Saturday 26th January 2013
- Jan 26, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 26
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 436cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind
Moderate wind
Temperature -4C base / -11C top
Visibility
Poor
Posted at 10:08am on Saturday 26th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Some decent snowfall to report from Yuzawa this morning.
About 25cm on the car this morning, parked in the Ishiuchi area just outside the border of Yuzawa and some nice wintery conditions. I am hearing stories from people to the north of us in Uonuma and further north who are telling of more stormy conditions, but for now here in this part of the prefecture it's a slight to moderate wind, perhaps picking up over the last 30 minutes or so. Stronger winds are forecast for later on today.
Actually looking at the info from the resorts around town it's interesting to see how Kagura only telling of 5-10cm overnight. Kagura of course is the place that usually would get the most new snowfall, but the snow clouds seem to be wanting to stay more to the north at the moment. This pattern has happened a few times this season and generally they have more snow on the side of the roads up there than we do here in Yuzawa.
But good snow falling at the moment, the roads are covered but traffic seems to be moving on Route 17 ok. Poor visibility though even down around town and so it's going to be pretty much whiteout up on the slopes today.
The local Niigata forecast is for an additional 15cm of snow to fall before 4pm today. Snow due for the day and should ease off tomorrow.
At the moment it is -4 degrees C in Yuzawa and not likely to warm up any during the day.
Yuzawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Saturday 26th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 436cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 34 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 211cm reported on 16 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.