Yuzawa Now: Saturday 2nd March 2013
- Mar 2, 2013
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 26
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Yuzawa & Minamiuonuma region of Niigata
New snowfall at base 2cm
Snowfall at base this season 719cm
Weather overview Cloud
Wind
Strong
Temperature -1C base / -5C top
Visibility
OK
Posted at 9:46am on Saturday 2nd March 2013 This is an archived report. The latest Yuzawa Now report can be found here.
The rain wasn't fun yesterday, and it was really coming down at times. Windy too along with the warm conditions. For the first day of March, it wasn't too good!
The rain turned into snow overnight though. Around 5cm or so this morning with resorts reporting up to 10cm of fresh snow. Snow is falling at the moment, though it's definitely of the wet variety. But definitely better than what we had yesterday that's for sure. It's going to be a dusting on ice and the wind probably won't help in that respect either today...
Unfortunately, strong winds are causing problems with lifts around town. There's limited operations at Naeba and Kagura, GALA Yuzawa (which has actually closed now), NASPA Ski Garden and Yuzawa Kogen in Yuzawa. Also it seems that Maiko Snow Resort is being affected by strong winds with the Gondola and top bowl area closed at the time of writing.
The winds are forecast to continue through the day along with snow showers. Tomorrow is forecast to be calmer though some snowfall may continue. Looking ahead in the coming week we can expect more sunny conditions. Hopefully it will keep cold, though a warm up like we say over the last few days might be on the cards again for later in the week.
Tonight it is the Yuzawa Snow Festival along the main onsen road from the West Exit of the main Echigo Yuzawa Station, though the weather isn't looking like it will be co-operating and events may well get cancelled.
Have a fun weekend.
Yuzawa Now 2012-2013 season |
Data as of Saturday 2nd March 2013 Total snowfall at base so far 719cm Number of days snowfall observed at base 54 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 254cm reported on 19 days February 2013 snowfall 238cm reported on 16 days March 2013 snowfall 2cm |
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.