Yuzawa Now: Saturday 28th December 2013
- Dec 28, 2013
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 10cm
Snowfall at base this season 126cm
Posted on Saturday 28th December 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
Light snow yesterday but it didn't amount to much during the day though in the evening the snow started falling with a bit more conviction and there was 10cm or so on top of the car by late night.
Another 10cm or so overnight at town level and it has been continuing to snow this morning. Interesting actually because from time to time the sun seems to be close to breaking through the clouds and even at one point we had some clear blue skies over town, only to be clouded over quite quickly. Even with the sun shining through at times though, the snow has continued to fall lightly. It's a battle between the snow clouds and the sun. Could it clear up? Right now it feels like it may well do.
Kagura reporting 20cm of snowfall; Naeba 15-20cm; Maiko 15-20cm.
Still, the local forecast as it stands at the moment is for snowfall through today and all of tomorrow as well.
-2C degrees overnight and it hasn't budged since then, still standing at -2.
Windy conditions apparently in places this morning, enough to cause problems at Kagura. Some lifts were closed earlier but seem to be up and running now, though the Dragondola connecting Naeba and Tashiro is closed still. No other resorts seem to be affected.
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Official resort snow depths @ Saturday 28th December 2013, AM:
Naeba:
120cm
Kagura (Tashiro):
180cm
Kagura (Mitsumata):
220cm
NASPA Ski Garden:
135cm
Gala Yuzawa:
180cm
Iwappara:
105cm
Yuzawa Kogen:
130cm
Yuzawa Nakazato:
90cm
Yuzawa Park:
90cm
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Maiko Snow Resort:
130cm
Ishiuchi Maruyama:
140cm
Joetsu Kokusai:
80cm
Yuzawa Now 2013-2014 season |
Data as of Saturday 28th December 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 126cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 14 days Most snowfall observed in 1 day 30cm (16th December) November 2013 snowfall 5cm reported on 1 day December 2013 snowfall 121cm 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.