Yuzawa Now: Sunday 27th January 2013
- Jan 27, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 26
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 40cm
Snowfall at base this season 476cm
Weather overview Cloud, snow
Wind
Moderate to strong wind
Temperature -4C base / -11C top
Visibility
Poor
Posted at 10:48am on Sunday 27th January 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Yes this feels like Yukiguni. Snow Country deserving weather conditions since yesterday and up to 50cm of fresh snow being reported from around town this morning. Strong winds at time yesterday though probably not as mad as we were expecting.
The snow has eased off for the moment at town level but the mountains are still generally shrouded in cloud with snow continuing to fall. The forecast has snow for the rest of the day and possibly into tomorrow.
Stronger winds at higher elevations are affecting Kagura and Naeba with only the lower slopes open at the former and Mitsumata area open at Kagura (Tashiro is closed). That means lots of goodies to be found for Monday morning riders tomorrow!
Other ski resorts around town appear to be open as normal.
Looking ahead a mix of light snow and cloud with some chances of clearer conditions over the next few days. Temperatures look likely to rise around Thursday and Friday.
Yuzawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Sunday 27th January 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 476cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 35 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 251cm reported on 17 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.